Species in the genus Lepidodactylus are found from Southeast Asia to Indo-Australia and Oceania.

The specific name, browni, is in honor of American herpetologist Walter Creighton Brown.

[3] The specific name, gardineri, is in honor of British zoologist John Stanley Gardiner.

[3] The specific name, guppyi, is in honor of British naturalist Henry Brougham Guppy.

[3] The specific name, oorti, is in honor of Dutch ornithologist Eduard Daniël van Oort.