Del Campo's leaf-toed gecko

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Del Campo'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. delcampoi
Binomial name
Phyllodactylus delcampoi
Mosauer, 1936
Synonyms[2]
  • Phyllodactylus delcampoi
    Mosauer, 1936
  • Phyllodactylus delcampi
    H.M. Smith & Taylor, 1950
  • Phyllodactylus delcampoi
    Liner, 1994

Del Campo's leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus delcampoi), also known commonly as la salamanquesa de del Campo in Spanish, is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Mexico.[2]

Etymology[edit]

The specific name, delcampoi, is in honor of Mexican herpetologist Rafael Martín del Campo y Sánchez.[3]

Geographic range[edit]

P. delcampoi is found in the Mexican state of Guerrero.[1][2]

Habitat[edit]

The preferred natural habitat of P. delcampoi is rock outcrops in forest, at altitudes of 1,000–1,200 m (3,300–3,900 ft).[1]

Behavior[edit]

P. delcampoi is terrestrial and saxicolous.[1]

Reproduction[edit]

P. delcampoi is oviparous.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Canseco-Márquez, L.; Campbell, J.A.; Ponce-Campos, P.; Muñoz-Alonso, A.; García Aguayo, A. (2007). "Phyllodactylus delcampoi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T64043A12739365. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64043A12739365.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d Phyllodactylus delcampoi 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 delcampoi, p. 69).

Further reading[edit]

  • Mosauer W (1936). "Description of a New Phyllodactylus from Mexico, with Remarks on the Status of P. tuberculosus ". Copeia 1936 (3): 141–146. (Phyllodactylus delcampoi, new species).
  • Palacios-Aguilar R, Flores-Villela O (2018). "An updated checklist of the herpetofauna of from Guerrero, Mexico". Zootaxa 4422 (1): 1–24.
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Phyllodactylus delcampi, p. 104). (in German).
  • Smith HM, Taylor EH (1950). "An Annotated Checklist and Key to the Reptiles of Mexico Exclusive of the Snakes". Bulletin of the United States National Museum (199): 1–253. (Phyllodactylus delcampi, p. 47).