The Batan scaly-toed gecko (''Lepidodactylus balioburius'') is a species of

gecko Geckos are small, mostly carnivorous lizards that have a wide distribution, found on every continent except Antarctica. Belonging to the infraorder Gekkota, geckos are found in warm climates. They range from . Geckos are unique among lizards ...

. It is endemic to the

Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...

. Recent developments in the field of phylogeny have led to the discovery of many species such as ''Lepidodactylus balioburius'', which originate in Batan, Philippines. Some scientists believe that ''Lepidodactylus balioburius'' and another species in the Lepidodactylus genus, ''Lepidodactylus yami'', are closely related based on phenotypes, or observable traits. Eliades, S. J., Brown, R. M., Huang, W. S., & Siler, C. D. (2021). Taxonomic Revision of Scaly-toed Geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae: Lepidodactylus) in the Northern Philippines, with Descriptions of Four New Species. Herpetological Monographs, 35(1), 90-111.

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Lepidodactylus Reptiles described in 1989 {{gecko-stub