Darwin's leaf-toed gecko (original) (raw)

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Species of lizard

Darwin's leaf-toed gecko
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[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 darwiniTaylor, 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.[2]

The specific name, darwini, is in honor of English naturalist Charles Darwin, author of On the Origin of Species.[3]

The preferred natural habitat of P. darwini is shrubland.[1]

P. darwini is oviparous.[2]

  1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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).