Biology:Del Campo's leaf-toed gecko
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Short description: Species of lizard
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Phyllodactylidae |
| Genus: | Phyllodactylus |
| Species: | P. delcampoi
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| Phyllodactylus delcampoi Mosauer, 1936
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Del Campo's leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus delcampoi), also known commonly as la salamanquesa de del Campo in Spanish, is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Mexico.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, delcampoi, is in honor of Mexican herpetologist Rafael Martín del Campo y Sánchez.[2]
Geographic range
P. delcampoi is found in the Mexican state of Guerrero.[3][1]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of P. delcampoi is rock outcrops in forest, at altitudes of 1,000–1,200 m (3,300–3,900 ft).[3]
Behavior
P. delcampoi is terrestrial and saxicolous.[3]
Reproduction
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Phyllodactylus delcampoi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 30 January 2019.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Phyllodactylus delcampoi, p. 69).
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Further reading
- Mosauer W (1936). "Description of a New Phyllodactylus from Mexico, with Remarks on the Status of P. tuberculosus ". Copeia 1936 (3): 141–146. (Phyllodactylus delcampoi, new species).
- Palacios-Aguilar R, Flores-Villela O (2018). "An updated checklist of the herpetofauna of from Guerrero, Mexico". Zootaxa 4422 (1): 1–24.
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Phyllodactylus delcampi, p. 104). (in German).
- Smith HM, Taylor EH (1950). "An Annotated Checklist and Key to the Reptiles of Mexico Exclusive of the Snakes". Bulletin of the United States National Museum (199): 1–253. (Phyllodactylus delcampi, p. 47).
Wikidata ☰ Q3381883 entry
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