Baur's leaf-toed gecko

Baur's leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus baurii) is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to the Galápagos Islands.[2]

Baur'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. baurii
Binomial name
Phyllodactylus baurii
Garman, 1892

Etymology

The specific name, baurii, is in honor of German herpetologist Georg Baur.[3]

Geographic range

P. baurii is found on Charles Island, including its islets Champion and Enderby, and on Hood Island.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of P. baurii is shrubland.[1]

Description

P. baurii may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about 5 cm (2.0 in). Dorsally, it is brownish gray, with dark brown markings. Ventrally, it is yellowish white, with minute dark brown dots.[4]

Reproduction

P. baurii is oviparous.[2] Average egg size is 10.5 mm × 7.5 mm (0.41 in × 0.30 in).[4]

References
  1. Márquez, C.; Yánez-Muñoz, M. (2016). "Phyllodactylus baurii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T48443510A48443514. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T48443510A48443514.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Phyllodactylus baurii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 30 January 2019.
  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 baurii, p. 19).
  4. Vandenburgh (1912).

Further reading
  • Garman S (1892). "The Reptiles of the Galapagos Islands. From the Collection of Dr. Geo. Baur". Bulletin of the Essex Institute 24: 73–87. (Phyllodactylus baurii, new species, pp. 82–83).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Phyllodactylus baurii, p. 103). (in German).
  • 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.
  • Van Denburgh J (1912). "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 baurii, pp. 426–430).



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