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(Redirected from Phyllodactylus barringtonensis) Species of lizard

Barrington leaf-toed gecko
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
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
Van Denburgh, 1912

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.

Etymology

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

Habitat

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

Description

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

Reproduction

P. barringtonensis is oviparous.

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).


Taxon identifiers
Phyllodactylus barringtonensis


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