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Gilbert's leaf-toed gecko
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Phyllodactylidae
Genus:	Phyllodactylus
Species:	P. gilberti
Binomial name
Phyllodactylus gilberti Heller, 1903

Gilbert's leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus gilberti), also known commonly as the Wenman Island gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to the Galapagos Islands.

Etymology

The specific name, gilberti, is in honor of American ichthyologist Charles Henry Gilbert.

Geographic range

P. gilberti is only found on two small islands, Darwin Island and Wolf Island, in the Galápagos archipelago of Ecuador.

The type locality is "Wenman Island", which is a name previously used for Wolf Island.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of P. gilberti are shrubland and rocky areas at altitudes from sea level to 70 m (230 ft).

Description

P. gilberti may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 55.5 mm (2.19 in). Dorsally, it is slate-blue with darker blotches and spots. There is a light gray stripe from the nape of the neck to the middle of the back. Ventrally, it is pale lemon-colored, except for the throat which is light flesh-colored.

Reproduction

P. gilberti is oviparous.

References

1. ^ Márquez C (2017). "Phyllodactylus gilberti ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T48443661A48443666. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T48443661A48443666.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. ^ Phyllodactylus gilberti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
3. 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 gilberti, p. 1000).
4. Van Denburgh J (1907). "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 gilberti, pp. 413–416).

Further reading

• Heller E (1903). "Papers from the Hopkins Stanford Galapagos Expedition, 1898–1899. XIV. Reptiles". Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences 5: 39–98. (Phyllodactylus gilberti, new species, pp. 61–63).
• Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekkanten Geckotaxa (Reptilia:Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Phyllodactylus gilberti, p. 104). (in German).
• Swash, Andy; Still, Rob (2006). Birds, Mammals & Reptiles of the Galápagos Islands, 2nd Edition. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press. 168 pp. ISBN 978-0300115321.
• Torres-Carvajal O, Pazmiño-Otamendi G, Salazar-Valenzuela D (2019). "Reptiles of Ecuador: a resource-rich online portal, with dynamic checklists and photographic guides". Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13 (1) : 209–229 (e178).
• 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.

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