GEKKONIDAE
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Lepidodactylus lugubris (Duméril & Bibron, 1836):

Platydactylus Lugubris A.-M.-C. Duméril & G. Bibron. 1836. Erp. Gen. 3: 304.

Amydosaurus lugubris J. E. Gray. 1845. Cat. Lizards British Mus.: 162.

Lepidodactylus lugubris G. A. Boulenger. 1885. Cat. Lizards British Mus. 1: 165.

Lepidodactylus lugubris T. Barbour. 1912. Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. 44(1): 179.

Lepidodactylus ceylonensis T. Barbour. 1912. Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. 44(1): 179.

Lepidodactylus ceylonensis N. De Rooij. 1915. Reptiles Indo-Australian Arch. 1: 48.

Lepidodactylus lugubris N. De Rooij. 1915. Reptiles Indo-Australian Arch. 1: 49.

Lepidodactylus lugubris H. Wermuth. 1965. Das Tierreich 80: 98.

Lepidodactylus lugubris K. R. G. Welch, P. S. Cooke & A. S. Wright. 1990. Lizards Orient: 27.

Lepidodactylus lugubris F. L. Tan. 1993. Checklist Lizards Borneo: 6.

Lepidodactylus lugubris A. G. Kluge. 1993. Gekkonoid Lizard Taxon.: 19.

Lepidodactylus lugubris U. Manthey & W. Grossmann. 1997. Amphibien & Reptilien Südostasiens: 240.

Type locality: MNHN 5323 (two syntype; fide Guibé, 1954: 12), from "l’île d’Otaiti" (= Tahiti, Society Islands, South Pacific).

Distribution: Maldives, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, south to south-east Asia, including Borneo, Riao, Sulawesi, Ternate, New Guinea, and east to eastern China and Taiwan, Diego Garcia, Salomon and Peros Banhos Atoll in the Chagos Archipelago (Manthey and Grossmann, 1997: 242).

Localities in Borneo: KALIMANTAN: Sintang (De Rooij, 1915: 49); SABAH: Sandakan (Tan, 1993: 6).

Derivation: Latin for doleful or mournful, in allusion to its sombre colouration.

 

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