Venezuela leaf-toed gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Phyllodactylus
Species:
P. rutteni
Binomial name
Phyllodactylus rutteni
Hummelinck, 1940

The Venezuela leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus rutteni), also known commonly as the Venezuelan leaf-toed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to islands off the coast of Venezuela.

Etymology

The specific name, rutteni, is in honor of Dutch geologist Louis Rutten.[2]

Geographic range

P. rutteni is found on the following Venezuelan islands: Blanquilla, Los Hermanos, La Orchila, Los Roques, and La Tortuga.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of P. rutteni is shrubland, at altitudes of 0–100 m (0–328 ft).[1]

Reproduction

P. rutteni is oviparous.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Rivas, G.; Schargel, W. (2017). "Phyllodactylus rutteni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T48443145A48443149. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T48443145A48443149.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  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 rutteni, p. 230).
  3. 1 2 Phyllodactylus rutteni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

Further reading

  • Hummelinck PW (1940). "Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao, Aruba, Bonaire and the Venezuelan Islands: No. 2. A Survey of the Mammals, Lizards and Mollusks". Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 1: 59–108. (Phyllodactylus rutteni, new species, p. 77).
  • Rivas GA, Molina CR, Ugueto GN, Barros TR, Barrio-Amorós CL, Kok PJR (2012). "Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist". Zootaxa 3211: 1-64.
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Phyllodactylus rutteni, p. 104). (in German).



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