Barrington leaf-toed gecko
Barrington leaf-toed gecko | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Phyllodactylidae |
Genus: | Phyllodactylus |
Species: | P. barringtonensis
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Binomial name | |
Phyllodactylus barringtonensis Van Denburgh, 1912
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The Barrington leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus barringtonensis) is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Santa Fe Island in the Galapagos.[2]
Etymology[]
The specific name, barringtonensis, refers to Barrington Island, which is an alternate name for Santa Fe Island.[3]
Habitat[]
The preferred natural habitat of P. barringtonensis is dry shrubland, at altitudes from sea level to 240 m (790 ft).[1]
Description[]
The holotype of P. barringtonensis has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 4.1 cm (1.6 in).[4]
Reproduction[]
P. barringtonensis is oviparous.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b Márquez, C.; Yánez-Muñoz, M. (2016). "Phyllodactylus barringtonensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T48443458A48443462. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T48443458A48443462.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b Phyllodactylus barringtonensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 30 January 2019.
- ^ , , (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Repiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Phyllodactylus barringtonensis, p. 18).
- ^ Van Denburgh (1912).
Further reading[]
- (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekkanten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Phyllodactylus barringtonensis, p. 103). (in German).
- , , (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 barringtonensis, new species, pp. 418–420).
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Phyllodactylus
- Endemic reptiles of the Galápagos Islands
- Reptiles of Ecuador
- Reptiles described in 1912
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