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Davis's leaf-toed gecko

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Species of lizard

Davis's leaf-toed gecko
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Phyllodactylus
Species: P. davisi
Binomial name
Phyllodactylus davisi
Dixon, 1964

Davis's leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus davisi), also known commonly as Davis' leaf-toed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Mexico.

Etymology

The specific name, davisi, is in honor of American zoologist William Bennoni Davis.

Geographic range

P. davisi is found in western Mexico, in the Mexican states of Colima and Michoacán.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of P. davisi is rocky areas within forest.

Behavior

P. davisi is terrestrial and saxicolous (rock-dwelling).

Reproduction

P. davisi is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Ponce-Campos, P.; García Aguayo, A. (2007). "Phyllodactylus davisi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T64042A12739299. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64042A12739299.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Phyllodactylus davisi 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 davisi, p. 66).

Further reading

  • Dixon JR (1964). "The Systematics and Distribution of Lizards of the Genus Phyllodactylus in North and Central America". New Mexico State University Science Bulletin 64: i–iv, 1–139. (Phyllodactylus davisi, new species, pp. 90–94 + Figure 14 on p. 139).
  • Lemos-Espinal JA, Smith GR, Pierce LJS, Painter CW (2020). "The amphibians and reptiles of Colima, Mexico, with a summary of their conservation status". Zookeys 927: 99–125.
  • Méndez-de la Cruz FR, de la Vega-Pérez AH, Lara-Resendiz RA (2014). "Geographic Distribution: Phyllodactylus davisi (Davis's leaf-toed gecko)". Herpetological Review 45 (2): 283.
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Phyllodactylus davisi, p. 104). (in German).


Taxon identifiers
Phyllodactylus davisi


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