Baur's leaf-toed gecko
| Baur'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. baurii
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| Binomial name | |
| Phyllodactylus baurii Garman, 1892
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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]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, baurii, is in honor of German herpetologist Georg Baur.[3]
Geographic range
[edit]P. baurii is found on Charles Island, including its islets Champion and Enderby, and on Hood Island.[2]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of P. baurii is shrubland.[1]
Description
[edit]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
[edit]P. baurii is oviparous.[2] Average egg size is 10.5 mm × 7.5 mm (0.41 in × 0.30 in).[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c Phyllodactylus baurii 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 baurii, p. 19).
- ^ a b Vandenburgh (1912).
Further reading
[edit]- 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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