Dutch leaf-toed gecko | |
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Conservation status | |
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Phyllodactylidae |
Genus: | Phyllodactylus |
Species: | P. martini |
Binomial name | |
Phyllodactylus martini Lidth de Jeude, 1887 |
The Dutch leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus martini) is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to the Caribbean.
Etymology
The specific name, martini, is in honor of German geologist Johann Karl Ludwig Martin.
Geographic range
P. martini is found on Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, many of the Leeward Islands, and Puerto Rico.
Reproduction
P. martini is oviparous.
References
- Van Buurt G (2016). "Phyllodactylus martini " (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T48443813A115401573. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T48443813A48443822.en. Downloaded on 02 February 2019.
- 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 martini, p. 170).
- ^ Phyllodactylus martini at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
Further reading
- Lidth de Jeude TW (1887). "On a collection of Reptiles and Fishes from the West-Indies". Notes from the Leyden Museum 9: 129–139. (Phyllodactylus martini, new species, pp. 130-131 + Plate II, figures 2 & 3).
Taxon identifiers | |
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Phyllodactylus martini |
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