Phyllodactylus duncanensis VAN DENBURGH, 1912

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Higher Taxa	Phyllodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Galapagos Leaf-toed Gecko
Synonym	Phyllodactylus galapagensis duncanensis VAN DENBURGH 1912: 426 Phyllodactylus duncanensis — TORRES-CARVAJAL et al. 2014 Phyllodactylus duncanensis — TORRES-CARVAJAL et al. 2025
Distribution	Galapagos Islands: Pinzón = Duncan (Ecuador) Type locality: Pinzón Island, Galapagos Archipelago.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: CAS 10600
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Limbs without enlarged tubercles; back with distinct rows of enlarged tubercles, six on each side; no median series of broad subcaudals; large dorsal tubercles set close together except in the upper dorsal rows, where they are usually separated by two or more granules; tubercles of some dorsal rows continued on neck anterior to insertion of forelimbs; snout shorter than in P. g. daphnensis; many enlarged tubercles on top of head. (Van Denburgh 1912)
Comment	Abundance: only known from the type locality (Meiri et al. 2017).
Etymology	Named after the type locality.
References	Arteaga, A.; Bustamante, L.; Vieira, J. 2024. Reptiles of Ecuador. Khamai Foundation & Tropical Herping, 1073 pp. - get paper here Lanza, B. 1973. On some Phyllodactylus from the Galapagos Islands (Reptilia Gekkonidae). Publicato a Cura del Museo Zoologico dell’Università di Firenze, pp. 1-25. Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions 24 (2): 262-273 - get paper here Torres-Carvajal O, Castaño PA, Rincón E, Ayala-Varela F, Campbell K, Cabrera W, et al. 2025. Phylogeny, phylogeography, and conservation of a rediscovered gecko from the Galápagos Islands. PLoS One 20(6): e0324659 - get paper here Torres-Carvajal O, Pazmiño-Otamendi G, Salazar-Valenzuela D. 2019. Reptiles of Ecuador: a resource-rich portal, with a dynamic checklist and photographic guides. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13 (1): [General Section]: 209–229 (e178) - get paper here Torres-Carvajal, O., Barnes, C. W., Pozo-Andrade, M. J., Tapia, W. and Nicholls, G. 2014. Older than the islands: origin and diversification of Galápagos leaf-toed geckos (Phyllodactylidae: Phyllodactylus) by multiple colonizations. J. Biogeogr., 41: 1883–1894. doi:10.1111/jbi.12375 - get paper here Van Denburgh, John 1912. Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences to the Galapagos Islands, 1905-1906. VI. The geckos of the Galapagos Archipelago. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 1: 405-430 - get paper here
External links	National Center for Biotechnology Information https://bioweb.bio/faunaweb/reptiliaweb/FichaEspecie/Phyllodactylus… Google images

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