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Baur's leaf-toed gecko

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Species of lizard

Baur's leaf-toed gecko
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Phyllodactylus
Species: P. baurii
Binomial name
Phyllodactylus baurii
Garman, 1892

Baur's leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus baurii) is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to the Galápagos Islands.

Etymology

The specific name, baurii, is in honor of German herpetologist Georg Baur.

Geographic range

P. baurii is found on Charles Island, including its islets Champion and Enderby, and on Hood Island.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of P. baurii is shrubland.

Description

P. baurii may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about 5 cm (2.0 in). Dorsally, it is brownish gray, with dark brown markings. Ventrally, it is yellowish white, with minute dark brown dots.

Reproduction

P. baurii is oviparous. Average egg size is 10.5 mm × 7.5 mm (0.41 in × 0.30 in).

References

  1. ^ Márquez, C.; Yánez-Muñoz, M. (2016). "Phyllodactylus baurii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T48443510A48443514. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T48443510A48443514.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Phyllodactylus baurii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 30 January 2019.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Phyllodactylus baurii, p. 19).
  4. ^ Vandenburgh (1912).

Further reading

  • Garman S (1892). "The Reptiles of the Galapagos Islands. From the Collection of Dr. Geo. Baur". Bulletin of the Essex Institute 24: 73–87. (Phyllodactylus baurii, new species, pp. 82–83).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Phyllodactylus baurii, p. 103). (in German).
  • Torres-Carvajal O, Rodríguez-Guerra A, Chaves JA (2016). "Present diversity of Galápagos leaf-toed geckos (Phyllodactylidae: Phyllodactylus) stems from three independent colonization events". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 103: 1–5.
  • Van Denburgh J (1912). "Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences to the Galapagos Islands, 1905–1906. VI. The Geckos of the Galapagos Archipelago". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 1: 405–430. (Phyllodactylus baurii, pp. 426–430).


Taxon identifiers
Phyllodactylus baurii


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