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]
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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. darwini
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| Phyllodactylus darwini Taylor, 1942
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Etymology edit
The specific name, darwini, is in honor of English naturalist Charles Darwin, author of On the Origin of Species.[3]
Habitat edit
The preferred natural habitat of P. darwini is shrubland.[1]
Reproduction edit
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Phyllodactylus darwini at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 30 January 2019.
- ^ 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 edit
- 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.
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