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Rio Huancabamba leaf-toed gecko

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The Rio Huancabamba leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus johnwrighti) is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Peru.[2]

Rio Huancabamba leaf-toed gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Phyllodactylus
Species:
P. johnwrighti
Binomial name
Phyllodactylus johnwrighti
Dixon & Huey, 1970

Etymology

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The specific name, johnwrighti, is in honor of American herpetologist John William Wright (born 1936).[3]

Geographic range

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P. johnwrighti is found on the slopes of the Huancabamba River valley in Cajamarca Region, Peru.[2]

Habitat

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The preferred natural habitat of P. johnwrighti is shrubland, at an altitude of 2,100 m (6,900 ft).[1]

Reproduction

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P. johnwrighti is oviparous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Koch, C.; Venegas, P.; Suárez, J.; Torres, C. (2019). "Phyllodactylus johnwrighti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T48442779A48442784. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T48442779A48442784.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Phyllodactylus johnwrighti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Phyllodactylus johnwrighti, p. 290).

Further reading

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  • Dixon JR, Huey RB (1970). "Systematics of the Lizards of the Gekkonid Genus Phyllodactylus on Mainland South America". Contributions in Science, Los Angeles County Museum (192): 1–78. (Phyllodactylus johnwrighti, new species, p. 56).
  • Koch C, Venegas PJ, Santa Cruz R, Böhme W (2018). "Annotated checklist and key to the species of amphibians and reptiles inhabiting the northern Peruvian dry forest along the Andean valley of the Marañón River and its tributaries". Zootaxa 4385 (1): 1–101.
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Phyllodactylus johnwrighti, p. 104). (in German).



 

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