Davis's leaf-toed gecko
| Davis's 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. davisi
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| Binomial name | |
| Phyllodactylus davisi Dixon, 1964
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Davis's leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus davisi), also known commonly as Davis' leaf-toed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Mexico.[2]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, davisi, is in honor of American zoologist William Bennoni Davis.[3]
Geographic range
[edit]P. davisi is found in western Mexico, in the Mexican states of Colima and Michoacán.[2]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of P. davisi is rocky areas within forest.[1]
Behavior
[edit]P. davisi is terrestrial and saxicolous (rock-dwelling).[1]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Ponce-Campos, P.; García Aguayo, A. (2007). "Phyllodactylus davisi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T64042A12739299. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64042A12739299.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Phyllodactylus davisi 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 davisi, p. 66).
Further reading
[edit]- Dixon JR (1964). "The Systematics and Distribution of Lizards of the Genus Phyllodactylus in North and Central America". New Mexico State University Science Bulletin 64: i–iv, 1–139. (Phyllodactylus davisi, new species, pp. 90–94 + Figure 14 on p. 139).
- Lemos-Espinal JA, Smith GR, Pierce LJS, Painter CW (2020). "The amphibians and reptiles of Colima, Mexico, with a summary of their conservation status". Zookeys 927: 99–125.
- Méndez-de la Cruz FR, de la Vega-Pérez AH, Lara-Resendiz RA (2014). "Geographic Distribution: Phyllodactylus davisi (Davis's leaf-toed gecko)". Herpetological Review 45 (2): 283.
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Phyllodactylus davisi, p. 104). (in German).
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