The coastal leaf-toed gecko[1][2] or Tumbesian leaf-toed gecko[3] (Phyllodactylus kofordi) is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to South America.
| Coastal leaf-toed gecko | |
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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. kofordi
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| Binomial name | |
| Phyllodactylus kofordi | |
Taxonomy edit
P. kofordi was described by James R. Dixon and Raymond B. Huey in 1970.[2]
Etymology edit
The specific name, kofordi, is in honor of American zoologist Carl B. Koford.[4]
Description edit
P. kofordi is a small gecko with a maximum snout-vent length (SVL) of 46 mm (1.8 in).[5]
Geographic range edit
P. kofordi is found in Peru and southern Ecuador.
The type locality of this gecko is the Cerro La Vieja in the Peruvian Region of Lambayeque.[2]
Reproduction edit
References edit
- ^ a b Venegas, P., Perez, J., Aguilar, C. & Quiroz Rodriguez, A. 2016. Phyllodactylus kofordi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T48442821A48442826. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T48442821A48442826.en. Downloaded on 1 February 2019.
- ^ a b c d Phyllodactylus kofordi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 26 July 2015.
- ^ "Tumbesian Leaf-toed Gecko". Tropical Herping. Retrieved 4 February 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 kofordi, p. 144).
- ^ Dixon & Huey, 1970, p. 39.