Barrington leaf-toed gecko

The Barrington leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus barringtonensis) is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Santa Fe Island in the Galapagos.[2]

Barrington leaf-toed gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Phyllodactylus
Species:
P. barringtonensis
Binomial name
Phyllodactylus barringtonensis

Etymology

The specific name, barringtonensis, refers to Barrington Island, which is an alternate name for Santa Fe Island.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of P. barringtonensis is dry shrubland, at altitudes from sea level to 240 m (790 ft).[1]

Description

The holotype of P. barringtonensis has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 4.1 cm (1.6 in).[4]

Reproduction

P. barringtonensis is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Márquez, C.; Yánez-Muñoz, M. (2016). "Phyllodactylus barringtonensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T48443458A48443462. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T48443458A48443462.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Phyllodactylus barringtonensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 30 January 2019.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Repiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Phyllodactylus barringtonensis, p. 18).
  4. Van Denburgh (1912).

Further reading
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekkanten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Phyllodactylus barringtonensis, 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 barringtonensis, new species, pp. 418–420).



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