Davis's leaf-toed gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Phyllodactylus
Species:
P. davisi
Binomial name
Phyllodactylus davisi
Dixon, 1964

Davis's leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus davisi), also known commonly as Davis' leaf-toed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Mexico.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, davisi, is in honor of American zoologist William Bennoni Davis.[3]

Geographic range

P. davisi is found in western Mexico, in the Mexican states of Colima and Michoacán.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of P. davisi is rocky areas within forest.[1]

Behavior

P. davisi is terrestrial and saxicolous (rock-dwelling).[1]

Reproduction

P. davisi is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Ponce-Campos, P.; García Aguayo, A. (2007). "Phyllodactylus davisi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T64042A12739299. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64042A12739299.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Phyllodactylus davisi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 30 January 2019.
  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 davisi, p. 66).

Further reading

  • Dixon JR (1964). "The Systematics and Distribution of Lizards of the Genus Phyllodactylus in North and Central America". New Mexico State University Science Bulletin 64: i–iv, 1–139. (Phyllodactylus davisi, new species, pp. 90–94 + Figure 14 on p. 139).
  • Lemos-Espinal JA, Smith GR, Pierce LJS, Painter CW (2020). "The amphibians and reptiles of Colima, Mexico, with a summary of their conservation status". Zookeys 927: 99–125.
  • Méndez-de la Cruz FR, de la Vega-Pérez AH, Lara-Resendiz RA (2014). "Geographic Distribution: Phyllodactylus davisi (Davis's leaf-toed gecko)". Herpetological Review 45 (2): 283.
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Phyllodactylus davisi, p. 104). (in German).



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