Coastal leaf-toed gecko

The coastal leaf-toed gecko[1][2] or Tumbesian leaf-toed gecko[3] (Phyllodactylus kofordi) is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to South America.

This article is about Phyllodactylus kofordi. It is not to be confused with Phyllodactylus reissii.

Coastal leaf-toed gecko
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Phyllodactylus
Species:
P. kofordi
Binomial name
Phyllodactylus kofordi
Dixon & Huey, 1970

Taxonomy

P. kofordi was described by James R. Dixon and Raymond B. Huey in 1970.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, kofordi, is in honor of American zoologist Carl B. Koford.[4]

Description

P. kofordi is a small gecko with a maximum snout-vent length (SVL) of 46 mm (1.8 in).[5]

Geographic range

P. kofordi is found in Peru and southern Ecuador.

The type locality of this gecko is the Cerro La Vieja in the Peruvian Region of Lambayeque.[2]

Reproduction

P. kofordi is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Venegas, P., Perez, J., Aguilar, C. & Quiroz Rodriguez, A. 2016. Phyllodactylus kofordi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T48442821A48442826. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T48442821A48442826.en. Downloaded on 1 February 2019.
  2. Phyllodactylus kofordi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 26 July 2015.
  3. "Tumbesian Leaf-toed Gecko". Tropical Herping. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  4. 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 kofordi, p. 144).
  5. Dixon & Huey, 1970, p. 39.

Further reading
  • Dixon JR, Huey RB (1970). "Systematics of the Lizards of the Gekkonid Genus Phyllodactylus of Mainland South America". Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (192): 1-78. (Phyllodactylus kofordi, new species, pp. 39–42).
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