Phyllodactylus partidus DIXON, 1966

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Higher Taxa	Phyllodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: ParditaNorte Leaf-toed Gecko S: Salamanquesa de Isla Partida Norte
Synonym	Phyllodactylus partitus DIXON 1966: 445 Phyllodactylus partidus — KLUGE 1993 Phyllodactylus partidus — LINER 1994 Phyllodactylus partitus — GRISMER 1999 Phyllodactylus partidus — RAMÍREZ-REYES et al. 2021
Distribution	Mexico (Isla Partida) Type locality: Isla Partida, Baja California
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: CAS 98429, adult male; Paratypes SDNHM = SDSNH 6834-6836, 39258, 39649, 40508, 50820-50822
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A large gecko, average snout-vent length 53.3 mm, differing from all other insular forms in having a combination of a high number of snout scales and a low number of tubercles in a paravertebral row from rear of head to base of tail (Dixon 1966: 445, who examined 34 specimens but gave a detailed description only for the holotype).
Comment	Abundance: only known from the type locality (Meiri et al. 2017). Distribution: see map in RAMÍREZ-REYES et al. 2021: Fig. 1.
Etymology	DIXON used “partitus” in the text of his description but “partidus” in Figure 2. The name derives from the type locality (Isla Partida) and thus “partidus” seems to be a justified emendation.
References	Dixon, James R. 1966. Speciation and systematics of the gekkonid lizard genus Phyllodactylus of the islands of the Gulf of California. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 33 (13): 415-452 - get paper here Grismer, L. Lee. 1999. An evolutionary classification of reptiles on islands in the Gulf of California, México. Herpetologica 55 (4): 446-469 - get paper here Jones, L.L. & Lovich, R.E. 2009. Lizards of the American Southwest. A photographic field guide. Rio Nuevo Publishers, Tucson, AZ, 568 pp. [review in Reptilia 86: 84] - get paper here 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 - get paper here Peralta-García A, Valdez-Villavicencio JH, Fucsko LA, Hollingsworth BD, Johnson JD, Mata-Silva V, Rocha A, DeSantis DL, Porras LW, and Wilson LD. 2023. The herpetofauna of the Baja California Peninsula and its adjacent islands, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 17(1&2): 57–142 Ramírez-Reyes T, Barraza-Soltero IK, Nolasco-Luna JR, Flores-Villela O, Escobedo-Galván AH 2021. A new species of leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylidae, Phyllodactylus) from María Cleofas Island, Nayarit, Mexico. ZooKeys 1024: 117-136 - get paper here Ramírez-Reyes T, Flores- Villela O, Piñero D, Lathrop A, Murphy RW. 2021. Genomic assessment of the Phyllodactylus tuberculosus complex (Reptilia: Phyllodactylidae) in America. Zoologica Scripta 50 (5): 529-542 - get paper here Ramírez-Reyes, T., Blair, C., Flores-Villela, O., Piñero, D., Lathrop, A., Murphy, R. 2020. Phylogenomics and molecular species delimitation reveals great cryptic diversity of leaf-toed geckos (Phyllodactylidae: Phyllodactylus), ancient origins, and diversification in Mexico. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (2020), doi: - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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