Dutch leaf-toed gecko explained

The Dutch leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus martini) is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to the Caribbean.

Etymology

The specific name, martini, is in honor of German geologist Johann Karl Ludwig Martin.^[1]

Geographic range

P. martini is found on Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, many of the Leeward Islands, and Puerto Rico.

Reproduction

P. martini is oviparous.

Further reading

• Lidth de Jeude TW (1887). "On a collection of Reptiles and Fishes from the West-Indies". Notes from the Leyden Museum 9: 129–139. (Phyllodactylus martini, new species, pp. 130-131 + Plate II, figures 2 & 3).

Notes and References

1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Phyllodactylus martini, p. 170).