Phyllodactylus leoni

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 leoni

Name

Phyllodactylus leoni Torres-Carvajal, Carvajal-Campos, Barnes, Nicholls & Pozo-Andrade, 2013: 385

• Holotype: QCAZ 9924, adult ♂, collected by O. Torres-Carvajal, P. Mafla, and S. Báez on 11 October 2009.
• Type locality: “the upper valley of Río Léon (3.450°S, 79.1667°W, 1,855 m) near the Río Léon bridge on the old Onã-Cuenca road, Provincia Azuay, Ecuador”.

References

Primary references

• Torres-Carvajal, O., Carvajal-Campos, A., Barnes, C.W., Nicholls, G. & Pozo-Andrade, M.J. 2013. A new Andean species of leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylidae: Phyllodactylus) from Ecuador. Journal of Herpetology 47(2): 384–390. DOI: 10.1670/12-017 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Phyllodactylus leoni. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 18 March 2021.
• Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. & Yánez-Muñoz, M. 2017. IUCN: Phyllodactylus leoni  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T48443739A48443741. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T48443739A48443741.en