Phyllodactylus thompsoni is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Peru.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Phyllodactylidae |
| Genus: | Phyllodactylus |
| Species: | P. thompsoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Phyllodactylus thompsoni | |
Etymology edit
The specific name, thompsoni, is in honor of American malacologist Fred Gilbert Thompson (1934–2016),[3] who was also a herpetologist and collected the holotype of this species.[2]
Geographic range edit
P. thompsoni is found in northwestern Peru, in the regions (formerly departments) of Amazonas, Cajamarca, and La Libertad.[2]
Habitat edit
The preferred natural habitats of P. thompsoni are shrubland and forest, at altitudes of 900–1,880 m (2,950–6,170 ft).[1]
Description edit
P. thompsoni has an enlarged postanal scale, a character lacking in all other species of its genus in mainland South America. Not a large species, its maximum recorded snout-to-vent length (SVL) is only 4.2 cm (1.7 in).[2]
Reproduction edit
References edit
- ^ a b Venegas P, Suárez J, Torres C (2017). "Phyllodactylus thompsoni ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T48442988A48442991. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T48442988A48442991.en. Downloaded on 03 February 2019.
- ^ a b c d e Phyllodactylus thompsoni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ^ 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 thompsoni, p. 265)
Further reading edit
- Koch C, Venegas PJ, Santa Cruz R, Böhme W (2018). "Annotated checklist and key to the species of amphibians and reptiles inhabiting the northern Peruvian dry forest along the Andean valley of the Marañon River and its tributaries". Zootaxa 4385 (1): 001–101.
- Venegas PJ, Townsend JH, Koch C, Böhme W (2008). "Two New Sympatric Species of Leaf-Toed Geckos (Gekkonidae: Phyllodactylus) from the Balsas Region of the Upper Marañon Valley, Peru". Journal of Herpetology 42 (2): 386–396. (Phyllodactylus thompsoni, new species).
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