Biology:Phyllodactylus papenfussi

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Short description: Species of lizard

Phyllodactylus papenfussi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Phyllodactylus
Species:
P. papenfussi
Binomial name
Phyllodactylus papenfussi
Murphy, Blair & de la Cruz, 2009

Phyllodactylus papenfussi is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Mexico.[1]

Etymology

The specific name, papenfussi, is in honor of American herpetologist Theodore Johnstone Papenfuss (born 1941).[2]

Geographic range

P. papenfussi is found in the Mexican state of Guerrero.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Phyllodactylus papenfussi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  2. 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 papenfussi, p. 200).

Further reading

  • Murphy, Robert W.; Blair, Christopher; de la Cruz, Fausto R. Mendez (2009). "A new species of leaf-toed gecko, genus Phyllodactylus (Squamata: Gekkota: Phyllodactylidae) from Guerrero, Mexico". South American Journal of Herpetology 4 (1): 17–24. (Phyllodactylus papenfussi, new species).
  • Palacios-Aguilar, Ricardo; Flores-Villela, Oscar (2018). "An updated checklist of the herpetofauna from Guerrero, Mexico". Zootaxa 4422 (1): 1-24.


Wikidata ☰ Q11838821 entry