Editing Luperosaurus

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| name = ''Luperosaurus''
| image = Luperosaurus cf. kubli from Palanan - ZooKeys-266-001-g051.jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Luperosaurus kubli]]''.
| taxon = Luperosaurus
| authority = [[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1845<ref>"''Luperosaurus'' ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). www.itis.gov.</ref>
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'''''Luperosaurus''''' is a [[genus]] of [[lizard]]s, [[Common name|commonly]] known as '''camouflage geckos''',<ref>[[:fr:Indraneil Das|Das I]] (2006). ''A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Borneo''. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. {{ISBN|0-88359-061-1}}. (Genus ''Luperosaurus'', pp. 103-104),</ref> '''fringed geckos''', '''wolf geckos''',<ref name=RDB>{{EMBL genus|genus=Luperosaurus}} www.reptile-database.org.</ref> and '''flap-legged geckos''', in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Gekkonidae]]. The genus is native to [[Southeast Asia]].<ref name=Bo>[[species:Bo Beolens|Beolens, Bo]]; [[species:Michael Watkins|Watkins, Michael]]; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (''Luperosaurus brooksii'', p. 40; ''L. browni'', p. 40; ''L. corfieldi'', p. 59; ''L. cumingi'', p. 62; ''L. iskandari'', p. 131; ''L. joloensis'', p. 261; ''L. macgregori'', p. 164; ''L. yasumai'', p. 292).</ref>

==Geographic range==
[[Species]] in the genus ''Luperosaurus'' are found in the Southeast Asian mainland and archipelago, extending from the [[Malay Peninsula]], through the [[Philippines]] and [[Indonesia]].

==Description==
These are small geckos, characterized by the flaps of skin on the front and rear of their limbs and sometimes, along their bodies.

==Taxonomy==
The original spelling intended was ''Lyperosaurus'' (= vexing gecko), for possessing characters from two different [[Genus|genera]] known to [[John Edward Gray]], who named the genus. Most species of ''Lupersaurus'' are known from one or a few specimens.

==Behavior==
Members of the genus ''Luperosaurus'' are presumably highly arboreal.

==Species==
The following 9 species are recognized as being valid.<ref name=RDB/>

*''[[Luperosaurus angliit]]'' <small>[[:fr:Rafe Marion Brown|R.M. Brown]], [[:fr:Arvin Cantor Diesmos|Diesmos]] & [[species:Carl H. Oliveros|Oliveros]], 2011</small>
*''[[Luperosaurus corfieldi]]'' <small>[[species:Maren Gaulke|Gaulke]], [[species:Herbert Rösler|Rösler]] & R.M. Brown, 2007</small> – [[Charles Corfield|Corfield's]] fringed gecko<ref name=Bo/>
*''[[Luperosaurus cumingii]]'' <small>[[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1845</small> – Philippine fringed gecko, Philippine wolf gecko, [[Hugh Cuming|Cuming's]] flap-legged gecko<ref name=Bo/>
*''[[Luperosaurus joloensis]]'' <small>[[Edward Harrison Taylor|Taylor]], 1918</small> – Taylor's wolf gecko, Jolo flapped-legged gecko, [[Edward Harrison Taylor|Taylor's]] fringed gecko<ref name=Bo/>
*''[[Luperosaurus kubli]]'' <small>R.M. Brown, Diesmos & [[species:Melizar V. Duya|M.V. Duya]], 2007</small> 
*''[[Luperosaurus macgregori]]'' <small>[[Leonhard Stejneger|Stejneger]], 1907</small> – MacGregor's wolf gecko, McGregor's flapped-legged gecko, [[William MacGregor|MacGregor's]] fringed gecko<ref name=Bo/>
*''[[Luperosaurus palawanensis]]'' <small>[[:fr:Walter Creighton Brown|W.C. Brown]] & [[:fr:Angel Chua Alcala|Alcala]], 1978</small> – Palawan wolf gecko, Palawan flapped-legged gecko
*''[[Luperosaurus yasumai]]'' <small>[[species:Hidetoshi Ota|Ota]], [[species:Showichi Sengoku|Sengoku]] & [[species:Tsutomu Hikida|Hikida]], 1996</small> – [[species:Shigeki Yasuma|Yasuma's]] fringed gecko<ref name=Bo/>
*''[[Luperosaurus brooksii]]''
(Boulenger, 1920) - [[Brooks's wolf gecko]]

''[[Nota bene]]'': A [[Binomial nomenclature|binomial authority]] in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Luperosaurus''.

==References==
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==Further reading==
*[[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger GA]] (1885). ''Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ ...'' London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (Genus ''Luperosaurus'', p.&nbsp;181).
*[[:fr:Rafe Marion Brown|Brown RM]], [[:fr:Arvin Cantor Diesmos|Diesmos AC]] (2000). "The lizard genus ''Luperosaurus'': taxonomy, history, and conservation prospects for some of the world's rarest lizards". ''Sylvatrop: Technical Journal of Philippine Ecosystems and Natural Resources'' '''10''': 107–124.
*[[:fr:Indraneil Das|Das I]] (2005). "Nomenclatural Notes on the Generic Nomen ''Luperosaurus'' Gray, 1845 (Squamata: Gekkonidae)". ''Herpetological Review'' '''36''' (2): 117-118.
*[[John Edward Gray|Gray JE]] (1845). ''Catalogue of the Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum.'' London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xxviii + 289 pp. (''Luperosaurus'', new genus, p.&nbsp;163).

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