Lepidodactylus lugubris ( Duméril & Bibron, 1836 )

Karin, Benjamin R., Stubbs, Alexander L., Arifin, Umilaela, Bloch, Luke M., Ramadhan, G., Iskandar, Djoko T., Arida, Evy, Reilly, Sean B., Kusnadi, Agus & Mcguire, Jimmy A., 2018, The herpetofauna of the Kei Islands (Maluku, Indonesia): Comprehensive report on new and historical collections, biogeographic patterns, conservation concerns, and an annotated checklist of species from Kei Kecil, Kei Besar, Tam, and Kur, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 66, pp. 704-738 : 719-720

Lepidodactylus lugubris ( Duméril & Bibron, 1836)

Type locality. Tahiti.

Distribution in the Kei Islands. This species was reported present on the Kei Islands by Roux (1910), who surveyed Kei Besar. We only collected this species on Kur.

Natural history. This parthenogenic species is widely distributed across the Indo-Australian archipelago and Oceania, and is often found in houses as well as in forests.

Fig. 13. The type series of Lepidodactylus pantai from Kei Kecil, with close-up of right hindfoot of MZB.Lace.14069 (from

Stubbs et al., 2017).

Karin et al.: Herpetofauna of the Kei Islands

Fig. 14. Dorsal, ventral, and close-up left hindfoot of single specimen of Lepidodactylus cf. novaeguineae from Kei Kecil (MZB.Lace.14063).

Field identification. Lepidodactylus lugubris possesses a depressed tail with lateral serrations, and divided terminal scansors on toes II–V followed by two to three divided scansors. Digits slightly webbed. Colour light pinkish-grey to brown, often with several pairs or dark dorsal spots. SVL to 45 mm, tail to 51 mm ( de Rooij, 1915, p. 49–50).