Phyllodactylus insularis

Phyllodactylus insularis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Phyllodactylus
Species: Phyllodactylus insularis

Name

Phyllodactylus insularis Dixon, 1960: 9

• Holotype: CNHM 34633, adult ♂, collected by Dwight D. Davis on January 1940.
• Type locality: “Half Moon Cay, British Honduras”.

References

Primary references

• Dixon, J.R. 1960. The Discovery of Phyllodactylus tuberculosus (Reptilia: Sauria) in Central America, the Resurrection of P. xanti, and Description of A New Gecko from British Honduras. Herpetologica 16(1): 1–11. JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Townsend, J.H. & Walker, P. 2014. IUCN: Phyllodactylus insularis  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T203074A2759895. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T203074A2759895.en. Accessed on 24 January 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Belize Leaf-toed Gecko