Phyllodactylus simpsoni

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 Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Phyllodactylus
Species: Phyllodactylus simpsoni

Name

Phyllodactylus simpsoni Arteaga, Bustamante, Vieira, Tapia, Carrión & Guayasamin, 2019: 184

• Holotype: CAS 10339, adult of undetermined sex, collected by Joseph Slevin on 1 November 1905.
• Type locality: “Puerto Villamil (-0.95622, -90.97023; 3 m), Isabela Island, Galápagos, Ecuador”.
• Paratypes (n=2): CAS 11245, adult of undetermined sex, collected by Joseph Slevin at the type locality on 9 March 1906; CAS 10351, adult of undetermined sex, collected by Francis Williams at the type locality on 3 November 1905.

References

Primary references

• Arteaga, A., Bustamante, L., Vieira, J., Tapia, W., Carrión, J. & Guayasamin, J.M. 2019. Two new species of leaf-toed geckos (Phyllodactylus) from Isabela Island, Galápagos Archipelago, Ecuador. pp. 174–187 In: Arteaga, A., Bustamante, L., Vieira, J., Tapia, W. & Guayasamin, J.M. (Eds.). Reptiles of the Galápagos: Life on the Enchanted Islands. Tropical Herping: Quito. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Phyllodactylus simpsoni. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 17 March 2021.

Vernacular names

English: Western Galapagos Leaf-toed Gecko
español: Geco occidental de Galápagos