Gilbert's leaf-toed gecko

Gilbert's leaf-toed gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Phyllodactylus
Species:
P. gilberti
Binomial name
Phyllodactylus gilberti
Heller, 1903

Gilbert's leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus gilberti), also known commonly as the Wenman Island gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to the Galapagos Islands.[2]

Etymology

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The specific name, gilberti, is in honor of American ichthyologist Charles Henry Gilbert.[3]

Geographic range

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P. gilberti is only found on two small islands, Darwin Island and Wolf Island, in the Galápagos archipelago of Ecuador.[1]

The type locality is "Wenman Island",[2] which is a name previously used for Wolf Island.

Habitat

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The preferred natural habitats of P. gilberti are shrubland and rocky areas at altitudes from sea level to 70 m (230 ft).[1]

Description

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P. gilberti may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 55.5 mm (2.19 in). Dorsally, it is slate-blue with darker blotches and spots. There is a light gray stripe from the nape of the neck to the middle of the back. Ventrally, it is pale lemon-colored, except for the throat which is light flesh-colored.[4]

Reproduction

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P. gilberti is oviparous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Márquez C (2017). "Phyllodactylus gilberti ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T48443661A48443666. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T48443661A48443666.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Phyllodactylus gilberti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  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 gilberti, p. 1000).
  4. ^ Van Denburgh J (1907). "Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences to the Galapagos Islands, 1905–1906. VI. The Geckos of the Galapagos Archipelago". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 1: 405–430. (Phyllodactylus gilberti, pp. 413–416).

Further reading

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  • Heller E (1903). "Papers from the Hopkins Stanford Galapagos Expedition, 1898–1899. XIV. Reptiles". Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences 5: 39–98. (Phyllodactylus gilberti, new species, pp. 61–63).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekkanten Geckotaxa (Reptilia:Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Phyllodactylus gilberti, p. 104). (in German).
  • Swash, Andy; Still, Rob (2006). Birds, Mammals & Reptiles of the Galápagos Islands, 2nd Edition. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press. 168 pp. ISBN 978-0300115321.
  • Torres-Carvajal O, Pazmiño-Otamendi G, Salazar-Valenzuela D (2019). "Reptiles of Ecuador: a resource-rich online portal, with dynamic checklists and photographic guides". Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13 (1) [General Section]: 209–229 (e178).
  • 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.