Dutch leaf-toed gecko
| Dutch leaf-toed gecko | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Infraorder: | Gekkota |
| Family: | Phyllodactylidae |
| Genus: | Phyllodactylus |
| Species: | P. martini
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| Binomial name | |
| Phyllodactylus martini Lidth de Jeude, 1887
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The Dutch leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus martini) is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to the Caribbean.
Etymology
The specific name, martini, is in honor of German geologist Johann Karl Ludwig Martin.[2]
Geographic range
Phyllodactylus martini is found on Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, many of the Leeward Islands, and Puerto Rico.[3]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of Phyllodactylus martini are forest and shrubland.[1]
Reproduction
Phyllodactylus martini is oviparous.[3]
References
- ^ a b Van Buurt G (2016). "Phyllodactylus martini " (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T48443813A115401573. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T48443813A48443822.en. Downloaded on 02 February 2019.
- ^ 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 martini, p. 170).
- ^ a b Phyllodactylus martini at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
Further reading
- van Buurt, G. (2004). Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. ISBN 978-3930612666. 160 pp.
- Hughes, Daniel F.; Meshaka, Walter E.; van Buurt, Gerard (2015). "The Superior Colonizing Gecko Hemidactylus mabouia on Curaçao: Conservation Implications for the Native Gecko Phyllodactylus martini ". Journal of Herpetology. 49 (1): 60–63.
- Lidth de Jeude TW (1887). "On a collection of Reptiles and Fishes from the West-Indies". Notes from the Leyden Museum 9: 129–139. (Phyllodactylus martini, new species, pp. 130–131 + Plate II, figures 2 & 3).
- Rösler, H. (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota. 2: 28–153. (Phyllodactylus martini, p. 104). (in German).