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Duellman's pigmy leaf-toed gecko

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Duellman's pigmy leaf-toed gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Phyllodactylus
Species:
P. duellmani
Binomial name
Phyllodactylus duellmani
Dixon, 1960

Duellman's pigmy leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus duellmani), also known commonly as la salamanquesa pigmea de Duellman in Mexican Spanish, is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Mexico.[2]

Etymology

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The specific name, duellmani, is in honor of American herpetologist William Edward Duellman.[3]

Geographic range

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P. duellmani is found in the Mexican state of Michoacán.[2]

Habitat

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The preferred natural habitat of P. duellmani is forest, where it has been found on tree branches and on rocks.[1]

Reproduction

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P. duellmani is oviparous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Ponce-Campos, P.; García Aguayo, A. (2007). "Phyllodactylus duellmani ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T64044A12739418. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64044A12739418.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Phyllodactylus duellmani 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 duellmani, p. 76).

Further reading

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  • Dixon JR (1960). "Two New Geckos, Genus Phyllodactylus (Reptilia:Sauria), from Michoacan, Mexico". Southwestern Naturalist 5 (1): 37–42. (Phyllodactylus duellmani, new species, p. 37).
  • Dixon JR (1964). "The Systematics and Distribution of Lizards of the Genus Phyllodactylus in North and Central America". New Mexico State University Scientific Bulletin 64: 1–139. (Phyllodactylus duellmani, p. 97).
  • Ramírez-Reyes T, Blair C, Flores-Villela O, Piñero D, Lathrop A, Murphy R (2020). "Phylogenomics and molecular species delimitation reveals great cryptic diversity of leaf-toed geckos (Phyllodactylidae; Phyllodactylus), ancient origins, and diversification in Mexico". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 150 (9): 1–18.
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Phyllodactylus duellmani, p. 104). (in German).