Lucasium
# Lucasium

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:

* 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.

