Lucasium
Genus of lizards
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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.
| Lucasium | |
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| Lucasium stenodactylum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Gekkota |
| Family: | Diplodactylidae |
| Genus: | Lucasium Wermuth, 1965 |
| Species | |
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14, see text. | |
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.