Phyllodactylus

Phyllodactylus
Phyllodactylus xanti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Sauria
Infraorder:	Gekkota
Family:	Phyllodactylidae
Genus:	Phyllodactylus Gray, 1828

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 the following species:^[1]

• Phyllodactylus angelensis Dixon, 1966
• Phyllodactylus angustidigitus Dixon & Huey, 1970
• Phyllodactylus apricus Dixon, 1966
• Phyllodactylus barringtonensis Van Denburgh, 1912
• Phyllodactylus baurii Garman, 1892
• Phyllodactylus bordai Taylor, 1942
• Phyllodactylus bugastrolepis Dixon, 1966
• Phyllodactylus clinatus Dixon & Huey, 1970
• Phyllodactylus darwini Taylor, 1942
• Phyllodactylus davisi Dixon, 1964
• Phyllodactylus delcampoi Mosauer, 1936
• Phyllodactylus delsolari Venegas, Townsend, Koch & Böhme, 2008
• Phyllodactylus dixoni Rivero-Blanco & Lancini, 1968
• Phyllodactylus duellmani Dixon, 1960
• Phyllodactylus galapagensis W. Peters, 1869
• Phyllodactylus gerrhopygus (Wiegmann, 1834)
• Phyllodactylus gilberti Heller, 1903
• Phyllodactylus heterurus F. Werner, 1907
• Phyllodactylus homolepidurus H.M. Smith, 1935
• Phyllodactylus inaequalis Cope, 1876
• Phyllodactylus insularis Dixon, 1960
• Phyllodactylus interandinus Dixon & Huey, 1970
• Phyllodactylus johnwrighti Dixon & Huey, 1970
• Phyllodactylus julieni Cope, 1885
• Phyllodactylus kofordi Dixon & Huey, 1970
• Phyllodactylus lanei H.M. Smith, 1935
• Phyllodactylus leei Cope, 1889
• Phyllodactylus leoni Torres-Carvajal, Carvajal-Campos, Barnes, Nicholls & Pozo-Andrade, 2013
• Phyllodactylus lepidopygus (Tschudi, 1845)
• Phyllodactylus martini Lidth de Jeude, 1887
• Phyllodactylus microphyllus Cope, 1876
• Phyllodactylus muralis Taylor, 1940
• Phyllodactylus nocticolus Dixon, 1964
• Phyllodactylus palmeus Dixon, 1968
• Phyllodactylus papenfussi Murphy, Blair & Mendez-de la Cruz, 2009
• Phyllodactylus paralepis McCranie & Hedges, 2013
• Phyllodactylus partidus Dixon, 1966
• Phyllodactylus paucituberculatus Dixon, 1960
• Phyllodactylus pulcher Gray, 1830
• Phyllodactylus pumilus Dixon & Huey, 1970
• Phyllodactylus reissii W. Peters, 1862
• Phyllodactylus rutteni Hummelinck, 1940
• Phyllodactylus santacruzensis Dixon, 1966
• Phyllodactylus sentosus Dixon & Huey, 1970
• Phyllodactylus thompsoni Venegas, Townsend, Koch & Böhme, 2008
• Phyllodactylus tinklei Dixon, 1966
• Phyllodactylus transversalis Huey, 1975
• Phyllodactylus tuberculosus Wiegmann, 1834
• Phyllodactylus unctus (Cope, 1864)
• Phyllodactylus ventralis O'Shaughnessy, 1875
• Phyllodactylus wirshingi Kerster & H.M. Smith, 1955
• Phyllodactylus xanti Cope, 1863

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

References

1. [http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/advanced_search?genus=Phyllodactylus&exact[0]=genus&submit=Search "Phyllodactylus"]. The Reptile Database. Retrieved June 9, 2014.

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).