Lucasium

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Gekkota
Infraordo: Pygopodomorpha

Familia: Diplodactylidae
Genus: Lucasium
Species (11): L. alboguttatum – L. bungabinna – L. byrnei – L. damaeum – L. immaculatum – L. maini – L. occultum – L. squarrosum – L. steindachneri – L. stenodactylum – L. wombeyi

[sources: Oliver, Hutchinson & Cooper (2007: 205), Doughty & Hutchinson (2008)]
Name

Lucasium Wermuth, 1965
new replacement name for Lucasius Kinghorn, 1929

Synonyms

Lucasius Kinghorn, 1929 [junior homonym]

References

Doughty, P.; Hutchinson, M.N. 2008: A new species of Lucasium (Squamata: Diplodactylidae) from the southern deserts of Western Australia and South Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, 25(1): 95–106. PDF
Kinghorn, J.R. 1929: Herpetological notes. No. I. Records of the Australian Museum, 17(2): 76–84. DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.17.1929.755
Oliver, P.M.; Hutchinson, M.N.; Cooper, S.J.B. 2007: Phylogenetic relationships in the lizard genus Diplodactylus Gray and resurrection of Lucasium Wermuth (Gekkota, Diplodactylidae). Australian journal of zoology, 55(3): 197–210. DOI: 10.1071/ZO07008

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Nomenclator Zoologicus

Lucasium is a genus of lizards, sometimes called ground geckos, in the family Diplodactylidae. The genus is endemic to Australia, and it includes 14 species.

Species

The following species are recognized as being valid:[1][2]

Lucasium alboguttatum (F. Werner, 1910) – white-spotted ground gecko
Lucasium bungabinna Doughty & Hutchinson, 2008
Lucasium byrnei (Lucas & C. Frost, 1896) – Byrne's gecko, gibber gecko
Lucasium damaeum (Lucas & Frost, 1896) – beaded gecko
Lucasium immaculatum (Storr, 1988) – pale-striped ground gecko
Lucasium iris Vanderduys, Hoskin, Kutt, J.M. Wright & Zozaya, 2020 – Gilbert ground gecko
Lucasium maini (Kluge, 1962) – Main's ground gecko
Lucasium microplax Eastwood, Doughty, Hutchinson & Pepper, 2020
Lucasium occultum (King, 1982) – Alligator Rivers gecko
Lucasium squarrosum (Kluge, 1962) – mottled ground gecko
Lucasium steindachneri (Boulenger, 1885) – box-patterned gecko, Steindachner's gecko
Lucasium stenodactylum (Boulenger, 1896) – crowned gecko, pale-snouted ground gecko,
Lucasium wombeyi (Storr, 1978) – Pilbara ground gecko
Lucasium woodwardi (Fry, 1914) - Pilbara ground gecko

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lucasium.
Captivity

Both the beaded gecko and the box-patterned gecko can be kept as pets although a permit is required to keep them.
References

Lucasium at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 October 2013.

Vanderduys, Eric; Hoskin, Conrad J.; Kutt, Alex S.; Wright, Justin M.; Zozaya, Stephen M. (2020). "Beauty in the eye of the beholder: a new species of gecko (Diplodactylidae: Lucasium) from inland north Queensland, Australia". Zootaxa. 4877 (2): 291–310. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4877.2.4. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 33311190. S2CID 228867699.