Phyllodactylus is a genus of geckos distributed in South America and Central America, and as far north as the southern United States. They are commonly known as "leaf-toed geckos" in their native range, and otherwise as American leaf-toed geckos to distinguish them from unrelated genera with similar feet.

Species

Phyllodactylus contains these species:

  • Phyllodactylus andysabini <small>Arteaga, Bustamante, Vieira, Tapia & Guayasamin, 2019</small> – Andy Sabin's leaf-toed gecko, Wolf Volcano leaf-toed gecko
  • Phyllodactylus angustidigitus <small>Dixon & Huey, 1970</small> – narrow leaf-toed gecko
  • Phyllodactylus apricus <small>Dixon, 1966</small> – Las Animas Island gecko
  • Phyllodactylus barringtonensis <small>Van Denburgh, 1912</small> – Barrington leaf-toed gecko
  • Phyllodactylus baurii <small>Garman, 1892</small> – Baur's leaf-toed gecko
  • Phyllodactylus benedettii <small>Ramírez-Reyes & Flores-Villela, 2018</small>
  • Phyllodactylus bordai <small>Taylor, 1942</small> – Guerreran leaf-toed gecko
  • Phyllodactylus bugastrolepis <small>Dixon, 1966</small> – Catalina Island leaf-toed gecko
  • Phyllodactylus cleofasensis <small>Ramírez-Reyes, Barraza-Soltero, Nolasco-Luna, Flores-Villela & Escobedo-Galván, 2021</small>
  • Phyllodactylus clinatus <small>Dixon & Huey, 1970</small> – Cerro Illescas gecko
  • Phyllodactylus coronatus <small>Dixon, 1966</small> – Coronado Island leaf-toed gecko
  • Phyllodactylus darwini <small>Taylor, 1942</small> – Darwin's leaf-toed gecko
  • Phyllodactylus davisi <small>Dixon, 1964</small> – Davis's leaf-toed gecko
  • Phyllodactylus delcampoi <small>Mosauer, 1936</small> – Del Campo's leaf-toed gecko
  • Phyllodactylus delsolari <small>Venegas, Townsend, Koch & Böhme, 2008</small>
  • Phyllodactylus dixoni <small>Rivero-Blanco & Lancini, 1968</small> – Dixon's leaf-toed gecko
  • Phyllodactylus duellmani <small>Dixon, 1960</small> – Duellman's pigmy leaf-toed gecko
  • Phyllodactylus duncanensis <small>Van Denburgh, 1912</small>
  • Phyllodactylus galapagensis <small>W. Peters, 1869</small> – Galapagos leaf-toed gecko
  • Phyllodactylus gerrhopygus <small>(Wiegmann, 1834)</small> – South American leaf-toed gecko
  • Phyllodactylus gilberti <small>Heller, 1903</small> – Gilbert's leaf-toed gecko
  • Phyllodactylus gorii <small>Lanza, 1973</small> - Española leaf-toed gecko
  • Phyllodactylus hispaniolae <small>Schwartz, 1979</small> – Dominican leaf-toed gecko
  • Phyllodactylus homolepidurus <small>H.M. Smith, 1935</small> – Sonoran leaf-toed gecko
  • Phyllodactylus inaequalis <small>Cope, 1876</small> – Peru leaf-toed gecko
  • Phyllodactylus insularis <small>Dixon, 1960</small> – Belize leaf-toed gecko
  • Phyllodactylus interandinus <small>Dixon & Huey, 1970</small> – Andes leaf-toed gecko
  • Phyllodactylus johnwrighti <small>Dixon & Huey, 1970</small> – Rio Huancabamba leaf-toed gecko
  • Phyllodactylus julieni <small>Cope, 1885</small> – Aruba leaf-toed gecko
  • Phyllodactylus kofordi <small>Dixon & Huey, 1970</small> – coastal leaf-toed gecko
  • Phyllodactylus kropotkini <small>Ramírez-Reyes & Flores-Villela, 2018</small>
  • Phyllodactylus lanei <small>H.M. Smith, 1935</small> – Lane's leaf-toed gecko
  • Phyllodactylus leei <small>Cope, 1889</small> – San Cristóbal Island leaf-toed gecko, Chatham leaf-toed gecko
  • Phyllodactylus leoni <small>Torres-Carvajal, Carvajal-Campos, Barnes, Nicholls & Pozo-Andrade, 2013</small>
  • Phyllodactylus lepidopygus <small>(Tschudi, 1845)</small> – western leaf-toed gecko
  • Phyllodactylus magister <small>Noble, 1924</small> – Noble's leaf-toed gecko
  • Phyllodactylus magnus <small>Taylor, 1942</small>
  • Phyllodactylus maresi <small>Lanza, 1973</small> – Mares's leaf-toed gecko
  • Phyllodactylus martini <small>Lidth de Jeude, 1887</small> – Dutch leaf-toed gecko
  • Phyllodactylus microphyllus <small>Cope, 1876</small> – central leaf-toed gecko
  • Phyllodactylus muralis <small>Taylor, 1940</small> – Oaxacan leaf-toed gecko
  • Phyllodactylus nocticolus <small>Dixon, 1964</small> – peninsula leaf-toed gecko
  • Phyllodactylus nolascoensis <small>Dixon, 1964</small> – Nolasco leaf-toed gecko
  • Phyllodactylus pachamama <small>Koch, Flecks, Venegas, Bialke, Valverde & Rödder, 2016</small>
  • Phyllodactylus palmeus <small>Dixon, 1968</small> – Honduras leaf-toed gecko
  • Phyllodactylus papenfussi <small>Murphy, Blair & Méndez-de la Cruz, 2009</small>
  • Phyllodactylus paralepis <small>McCranie & Hedges, 2013</small>
  • Phyllodactylus partidus <small>Dixon, 1966</small> – Pardita Norte leaf-toed gecko
  • Phyllodactylus paucituberculatus <small>Dixon, 1960</small> – Rio Marquez Valley gecko
  • Phyllodactylus pulcher <small>Gray, 1830</small> – Barbados leaf-toed gecko
  • Phyllodactylus pumilus <small>Dixon & Huey, 1970</small>
  • Phyllodactylus reissii <small>W. Peters, 1862</small> – Peters's leaf-toed gecko
  • Phyllodactylus rutteni <small>Hummelinck, 1940</small> – Venezuela leaf-toed gecko
  • Phyllodactylus santacruzensis <small>Dixon, 1966</small> – Santa Cruz leaf-toed gecko
  • Phyllodactylus saxatilis <small>Dixon, 1964</small>
  • Phyllodactylus sentosus <small>Dixon & Huey, 1970</small> – Lima leaf-toed gecko
  • Phyllodactylus simpsoni <small>Arteaga, Bustamante, Vieira, Tapia & Guayasamin, 2019</small> – Simpson's leaf-toed gecko, Western Galápagos leaf-toed gecko
  • Phyllodactylus sommeri <small>Schwartz, 1979</small> – Haiti leaf-toed gecko
  • Phyllodactylus thompsoni <small>Venegas, Townsend, Koch & Böhme, 2008</small>
  • Phyllodactylus transversalis <small>Huey, 1975</small> – Colombian leaf-toed gecko
  • Phyllodactylus tuberculosus <small>Wiegmann, 1834</small> – yellowbelly gecko
  • Phyllodactylus unctus <small>(Cope, 1864)</small> – San Lucan gecko
  • Phyllodactylus ventralis <small>O'Shaughnessy, 1875</small>
  • Phyllodactylus wirshingi <small>Kerster & H.M. Smith, 1955</small> – Puerto Rican leaf-toed gecko
  • Phyllodactylus xanti <small>Cope, 1863</small> – leaf-toed gecko, peninsular leaf-toed gecko

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Phyllodactylus.

References

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Gekkonidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (Genus Phyllodactylus, p.&nbsp;76).
  • Gray JE (1828). Spicilegia Zoologica: or Original Figures and Short Systematic Description of New and Unfigured Animals. London: Treuttel, Wurtz and Wood. (Phyllodactylus, new genus, p.&nbsp;3).