Phyllodactylus wirshingi

Phyllodactylus wirshingi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores 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 Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Lacertilia Infraordo: Gekkota Parvordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Phyllodactylus
Species: Phyllodactylus wirshingi

Name

Phyllodactylus wirshingi Kerster & Smith, 1955: 229

• Holotype: UIMNH 37740, adult ♂, collected by Juan A. Wirshing on 10 March 1953.
• Type locality: “Gaia de Muertos, Puerto Rico”.

References

Primary references

• Kerster, H.W. & Smith, H.M. 1955. The identity of the Puerto Rican species of Phyllodactylus (Reptilia: Squamata). Herpetologica 11(3): 229–232. JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Phyllodactylus wirshingi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 19 March 2021.
• Joglar, R. 2017. IUCN: Phyllodactylus wirshingi  (Near Threatened). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T48442997A48443133. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T48442997A48443133.en

Vernacular names

English: Porto Rican Leaf-toed Gecko