Phyllodactylus

''Phyllodactylus'' is a genus of geckos distributed in South America and Central America, and as far north as the southern United States. They are commonly known as " leaf-toed geckos" in their native range, and otherwise as American leaf-toed geckos to distinguish them from unrelated genera with similar feet.

Species

''Phyllodactylus'' contains these species:

*'' Phyllodactylus andysabini'' Arteaga, Bustamante, Vieira, Tapia & Guayasamin, 2019 – Andy Sabin's leaf-toed gecko, Wolf Volcano leaf-toed gecko
*'' Phyllodactylus angustidigitus'' Dixon & Huey, 1970 – narrow leaf-toed gecko
*'' Phyllodactylus apricus'' Dixon, 1966 – Las Animas Island gecko
*'' Phyllodactylus barringtonensis'' Van Denburgh, 1912 – Barrington leaf-toed gecko
*''Phyllodactylus baurii'' Garman, 1892 – Baur's leaf-toed gecko
*'' Phyllodactylus benedettii'' Ramírez-Reyes & Flores-Villela, 2018
*'' Phyllodactylus bordai'' Taylor, 1942 – Guerreran leaf-toed gecko
*'' Phyllodactylus bugastrolepis'' Dixon, 1966 – Catalina Island leaf-toed gecko
*'' Phyllodactylus cleofasensis'' Ramírez-Reyes, Barraza-Soltero, Nolasco-Luna, Flores-Villela & Escobedo-Galván, 2021
*'' Phyllodactylus clinatus'' Dixon & Huey, 1970 – Cerro Illescas gecko
*'' Phyllodactylus coronatus'' Dixon, 1966 – Coronado Island leaf-toed gecko
*'' Phyllodactylus darwini'' Taylor, 1942 – Darwin's leaf-toed gecko
*'' Phyllodactylus davisi'' Dixon, 1964 – Davis's leaf-toed gecko
*'' Phyllodactylus delcampoi'' Mosauer, 1936 – Del Campo's leaf-toed gecko
*'' Phyllodactylus delsolari'' Venegas, Townsend, Koch & Böhme, 2008
*'' Phyllodactylus dixoni'' Rivero-Blanco & Lancini, 1968 – Dixon's leaf-toed gecko
*'' Phyllodactylus duellmani'' Dixon, 1960 – Duellman's pigmy leaf-toed gecko
*'' Phyllodactylus duncanensis'' Van Denburgh, 1912
*'' Phyllodactylus galapagensis'' W. Peters, 1869 – Galapagos leaf-toed gecko
*'' Phyllodactylus gerrhopygus'' ( Wiegmann, 1834) – South American leaf-toed gecko
*'' Phyllodactylus gilberti'' Heller, 1903 – Gilbert's leaf-toed gecko
*'' Phyllodactylus gorii'' Lanza, 1973 - Española leaf-toed gecko
*'' Phyllodactylus hispaniolae'' Schwartz, 1979 – Dominican leaf-toed gecko
*'' Phyllodactylus homolepidurus'' H.M. Smith, 1935 – Sonoran leaf-toed gecko
*'' Phyllodactylus inaequalis'' Cope, 1876 – Peru leaf-toed gecko
*'' Phyllodactylus insularis'' Dixon, 1960 – Belize leaf-toed gecko
*'' Phyllodactylus interandinus'' Dixon & Huey, 1970 – Andes leaf-toed gecko
*'' Phyllodactylus johnwrighti'' Dixon & Huey, 1970 – Rio Huancabamba leaf-toed gecko
*'' Phyllodactylus julieni'' Cope, 1885 – Aruba leaf-toed gecko
*'' Phyllodactylus kofordi'' Dixon & Huey, 1970 – coastal leaf-toed gecko
*'' Phyllodactylus kropotkini'' Ramírez-Reyes & Flores-Villela, 2018
*'' Phyllodactylus lanei'' H.M. Smith, 1935 – Lane's leaf-toed gecko
*'' Phyllodactylus leei'' Cope, 1889 – San Cristóbal Island leaf-toed gecko, Chatham leaf-toed gecko
*'' Phyllodactylus leoni'' Torres-Carvajal, Carvajal-Campos, Barnes, Nicholls & Pozo-Andrade, 2013
*'' Phyllodactylus lepidopygus'' ( Tschudi, 1845) – western leaf-toed gecko
*'' Phyllodactylus magister'' Noble, 1924 – Noble's leaf-toed gecko
*'' Phyllodactylus magnus'' Taylor, 1942
*'' Phyllodactylus maresi'' Lanza, 1973 – Mares's leaf-toed gecko
*'' Phyllodactylus martini'' Lidth de Jeude, 1887 – Dutch leaf-toed gecko
*'' Phyllodactylus microphyllus'' Cope, 1876 – central leaf-toed gecko
*'' Phyllodactylus muralis'' Taylor, 1940 – Oaxacan leaf-toed gecko
*''Phyllodactylus nocticolus'' Dixon, 1964 – peninsula leaf-toed gecko
*'' Phyllodactylus nolascoensis'' Dixon, 1964 – Nolasco leaf-toed gecko
*'' Phyllodactylus pachamama'' Koch, Flecks, Venegas, Bialke, Valverde & Rödder, 2016
*'' Phyllodactylus palmeus'' Dixon, 1968 – Honduras leaf-toed gecko
*'' Phyllodactylus papenfussi'' Murphy, Blair & Méndez-de la Cruz, 2009
*'' Phyllodactylus paralepis'' McCranie & Hedges, 2013
*'' Phyllodactylus partidus'' Dixon, 1966 – Pardita Norte leaf-toed gecko
*'' Phyllodactylus paucituberculatus'' Dixon, 1960 – Rio Marquez Valley gecko
*''Phyllodactylus pulcher'' Gray, 1830 – Barbados leaf-toed gecko
*'' Phyllodactylus pumilus'' Dixon & Huey, 1970
*''Phyllodactylus reissii'' W. Peters, 1862 – Peters's leaf-toed gecko
*'' Phyllodactylus rutteni'' Hummelinck, 1940 – Venezuela leaf-toed gecko
*'' Phyllodactylus santacruzensis'' Dixon, 1966 – Santa Cruz leaf-toed gecko
*'' Phyllodactylus saxatilis'' Dixon, 1964
*'' Phyllodactylus sentosus'' Dixon & Huey, 1970 – Lima leaf-toed gecko
*'' Phyllodactylus simpsoni'' Arteaga, Bustamante, Vieira, Tapia & Guayasamin, 2019 – Simpson's leaf-toed gecko, Western Galápagos leaf-toed gecko
*'' Phyllodactylus sommeri'' Schwartz, 1979 – Haiti leaf-toed gecko
*'' Phyllodactylus thompsoni'' Venegas, Townsend, Koch & Böhme, 2008
*'' Phyllodactylus transversalis'' Huey, 1975 – Colombian leaf-toed gecko
*'' Phyllodactylus tuberculosus'' Wiegmann, 1834 – yellowbelly gecko
*'' Phyllodactylus unctus'' (Cope, 1864) – San Lucan gecko
*'' Phyllodactylus ventralis'' O'Shaughnessy, 1875
*''Phyllodactylus wirshingi'' Kerster & H.M. Smith, 1955 – Puerto Rican leaf-toed gecko
*'' Phyllodactylus xanti'' Cope, 1863 – leaf-toed gecko, peninsular leaf-toed gecko

''Nota bene'': A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Phyllodactylus''.

References

Further reading

* Boulenger GA (1885). ''Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Gekkonidæ ...'' London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (Genus ''Phyllodactylus'', p. 76).
* Gray JE (1828). ''Spicilegia Zoologica: or Original Figures and Short Systematic Description of New and Unfigured Animals.'' London: Treuttel, Wurtz and Wood. (''Phyllodactylus'', new genus, p. 3).

Lizard genera
Taxa named by John Edward Gray

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