Puerto Rican leaf-toed gecko

The Puerto Rican leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus wirshingi) is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rican leaf-toed gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Phyllodactylus
Species:
P. wirshingi
Binomial name
Phyllodactylus wirshingi

Etymology

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The specific name, wirshingi, is in honor of Puerto Rican amateur naturalist Juan A. "Tito" Wirshing (died 1967), who collected the holotype.[2]

Geographic range

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P. wirshingi is found on the Puerto Rican island of Caja de Muertos,[3] and on the adjacent southern coast of Puerto Rico.[1]

Habitat

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The preferred natural habitat of P. wirshingi is forest at altitudes from sea level to 150 m (490 ft).[1]

Reproduction

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P. wirshingi is oviparous.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Joglar R (2017). "Phyllodactylus wirshingi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T48442997A48443133. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T48442997A48443133.en. Downloaded on 03 February 2019.
  2. ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Phyllodactylus wirshingi, p. 288).
  3. ^ a b Phyllodactylus wirshingi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

Further reading

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  • Kerster HW, Smith HM (1955). "The Identity of the Puerto Rican Species of Phyllodactylus (Reptilia: Squamata)". Herpetologica 11 (3): 229–232. (Phyllodactylus wirshingi, new species).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Phyllodactylus wirshingi, p. 105). (in German).
  • Schwartz A, Henderson RW (1991). Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. Gainesville: University of Florida Press. 720 pp. ISBN 978-0813010496. (Phyllodactylus wirshingi, p. 461).
  • Schwartz A, Thomas R (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Phyllodactylus wirshingi, p. 142).
  • Weiss AJ, Hedges SB (2007). "Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the Antillean geckos Phyllodactylus wirshingi, Tarentola americana, and Hemidactylus haitianus (Reptilia, Squamata)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45 (1): 409–416.