Dutch leaf-toed gecko

The Dutch leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus martini) is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to the Caribbean.

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

Etymology

The specific name, martini, is in honor of German geologist Johann Karl Ludwig Martin.[2]

Geographic range

P. martini is found on Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, many of the Leeward Islands, and Puerto Rico.[3]

Reproduction

P. martini is oviparous.[3]

References

  1. Van Buurt G (2016). "Phyllodactylus martini " (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T48443813A115401573. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T48443813A48443822.en. Downloaded on 02 February 2019.
  2. 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 martini, p. 170).
  3. Phyllodactylus martini at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

Further reading

  • Lidth de Jeude TW (1887). "On a collection of Reptiles and Fishes from the West-Indies". Notes from the Leyden Museum 9: 129–139. (Phyllodactylus martini, new species, pp. 130-131 + Plate II, figures 2 & 3).


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