title: Lucasium
text: # 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.
  
  