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Darwin's leaf-toed gecko
Conservation status

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Phyllodactylus
Species: P. darwini
Binomial name
Phyllodactylus darwini
Taylor, 1942

Darwin's leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus darwini) is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to San Cristóbal Island in the Galapagos.

Etymology

The specific name, darwini, is in honor of English naturalist Charles Darwin, author of On the Origin of Species.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of P. darwini is shrubland.

Reproduction

P. darwini is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Márquez, C.; Yánez-Muñoz, M.; Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. (2016). "Phyllodactylus darwini ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T48443561A48443565. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T48443561A48443565.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Phyllodactylus darwini 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 darwini, p. 65).

Further reading

  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent, und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 28: 28–153. (Phyllodactylus darwini, p. 104). (in German).
  • Taylor EH (1942). "Some Geckoes of the Genus Phyllodactylus ". University of Kansas Science Bulletin 28 (6): 91–112. (Phyllodactylus darwini, new species p. 104–108, Figures 4A–4D).
  • 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.


Taxon identifiers
Phyllodactylus darwini


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