Darwin's leaf-toed gecko

Darwin's leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus darwini) is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to San Cristóbal Island in the Galapagos.

Etymology The specific name, darwini, is in honor of English naturalist Charles Darwin, author of On the Origin of Species.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Phyllodactylus darwini, p. 65).

Habitat The preferred natural habitat of P. darwini is shrubland.

Reproduction P. darwini is oviparous.

References

Further reading Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent, und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 28: 28–153. (Phyllodactylus darwini, p. 104). (in German). Taylor EH (1942). "Some Geckoes of the Genus Phyllodactylus ". University of Kansas Science Bulletin 28 (6): 91–112. (Phyllodactylus darwini, new species p. 104–108, Figures 4A–4D). Torres-Carvajal O, Rodríguez-Guerra A, Chaves JA (2016). "Present diversity of Galápagos leaf-toed geckos (Phyllodactylidae: Phyllodactylus) stems from three independent colonization events". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 103: 1–5.