Coastal leaf-toed gecko

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
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Phyllodactylus
Species:
P. kofordi
Binomial name
Phyllodactylus kofordi
Dixon & Huey, 1970

Taxonomy

P. kofordi was described by James R. Dixon and Raymond B. Huey in 1970.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, kofordi, is in honor of American zoologist Carl B. Koford.[4]

Description

P. kofordi is a small gecko with a maximum snout-vent length (SVL) of 46 mm (1.8 in).[5]

Geographic range

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

P. kofordi is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. 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.
  2. Phyllodactylus kofordi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 26 July 2015.
  3. "Tumbesian Leaf-toed Gecko". Tropical Herping. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  4. 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).
  5. Dixon & Huey, 1970, p. 39.

Further reading

  • Dixon JR, Huey RB (1970). "Systematics of the Lizards of the Gekkonid Genus Phyllodactylus of Mainland South America". Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (192): 1-78. (Phyllodactylus kofordi, new species, pp. 39–42).
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