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Coastal leaf-toed gecko

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

The coastal leaf-toed gecko[1][2] (Phyllodacylus kofordi), also known commonly as the Tumbesian leaf-toed gecko[3] is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to South America.

Taxonomy

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P. kofordi was described as a species new to science by James R. Dixon and Raymond B. Huey in 1970.[2]

Etymology

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

Description

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

Geographic range

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P. kofordi is found in Peru and southern Ecuador.[1][2]

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

Habitat

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The preferred natural habitats of P. kofordi are desert and dry forest, at altitudes from sea level to 638 m (2,093 ft).[1]

Behavior

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P. kofordi is terrestrial and nocturnal.[1]

Diet

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P. kofordi preys upon invertebrates, and it also eats plant material.[1]

Reproduction

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P. kofordi is oviparous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f 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. ^ a b c d e 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

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  • 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).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Phyllodactylus kofordi, p. 104). (in German).
  • Schlüter U (2011). "Haltung und Nachzucht von Kofords Blattfingergecko (Phyllodactylus kofordi DIXON & HUEY 1970)". Elaphe 19 (2): 39–43. (in German).
  • Torres-Carvajal O, Pazmiño-Otamendi G, Salazar-Valenzuela D (2019). "Reptiles of Ecuador: a resource-rich online portal, with dynamic checklists and photographic guides". Amphibian and Reptile Conservation 13 (1): 209–229.