Phyllodactylus reissii explained

Phyllodactylus reissii, also known commonly as Peters' leaf-toed gecko or the coastal leaf-toed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to northwestern South America.

Etymology

The specific name, reissii, is in honor of Carl Reiss who collected the holotype, while he was the Prussian consul in Guayaquil, Ecuador.^{[1] [2]}

Geographic range

P. reissii is native to Ecuador and Peru.^[3] There is an introduced population in the Galapagos.^[3]

Habitat

The natural habitats of P. reissii are forest, shrubland, and desert, at altitudes of 0-.

Description

P. reissii is large for its genus. Adults may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 7.5cm (03inches).^[3]

Reproduction

P. reissii is oviparous. The adult female lays a clutch of two eggs. Hatchlings have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 28-.^[3]

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ, Eublepharidæ, Uroplatidæ, Pygopodidæ, Agamidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (Phyllodactylus reissii, p. 80).
• Goldberg SR (2007). "Notes on reproduction of Peters' Leaf-toed Gecko, Phyllodactylus reissii (Squamata, Gekkonidae), from Peru". Phyllomedusa 6 (2): 147–150.
• Koch C, Flecks M, Venegas PJ, Bialke P, Valverde S, Rödder D (2016). "Applying n-dimensional hypervolumes for species delimitation: unexpected molecular, morphological, and ecological diversity in the Leaf-Toed Gecko Phyllodactylus reissii Peters, 1862 (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae) from northern Peru". Zootaxa 4161 (1): 041–080.
• Peters W (1862). "Über einen neuen Phyllodactylus aus Guayaquil ". Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1862: 626–627. (Phyllodactylus reissii, new species). (in German and Latin).
• Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Phyllodactylus reissii, p. 104). (in German).

Notes and References

1. [Wilhelm Peters|Peters]
2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Phyllodactylus reissii, p. 219).
3. www.reptile-database.org.