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Phyllodactylus barringtonensis VAN DENBURGH, 1912

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Higher TaxaPhyllodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Barrington Leaf-toed Gecko 
SynonymPhyllodactylus barringtonensis VAN DENBURGH 1912: 418
Phyllodactylus barringtonensis — WERMUTH 1965
Phyllodactylus barringtonensis — LANZA 1973: 156
Phyllodactylus barringtonensis — KLUGE 1993
Phyllodactylus barringtonensis — RÖSLER 2000: 103
Phyllodactylus barringtonensis — TORRES-CARVAJAL et al. 2016
Phyllodactylus barringtonensis — TORRES-CARVAJAL et al. 2025 
DistributionEcuador: Galapagos (Barrington)

Type locality: Barrington Island, Galapagos - Archipelago  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: CAS 12057 
DiagnosisDiagnosis:-Limbs without enlarged tubercles; back with nearly uniform lepidosis except between insertions of hind limbs, where enlarged tubercles are present; digital expansions well developed; dorsal granules smooth, smaller than those on snout; thind a uttle longer than broad, usually in contact with three postmentals; ten or twelve lamellae under fourth toe. (Van Denburgh 1912)


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CommentAbundance: only known from the type locality (Meiri et al. 2017). 
EtymologyNamed after Barrington Island, an early name for the Galapagos island Santa Fe. 
References
  • Arteaga, A.; Bustamante, L.; Vieira, J. 2024. Reptiles of Ecuador. Khamai Foundation & Tropical Herping, 1073 pp. - get paper here
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - 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
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
  • Swash, A. & Still, R. 2000. Birds, Mammals and Reptiles of the Galapagos Islands. Pica Press, 168 pp.
  • 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, Omar, Andrea Rodríguez-Guerra, Jaime A. Chaves 2016. Present diversity of Galápagos leaf-toed geckos (Phyllodactylidae: Phyllodactylus) stems from three independent colonization event. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 103: 1-5 - 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
  • ZUG, G.R. 2013. Reptiles and Amphibians of the Pacific Islands. University of California Press, Berkeley, 306 pp. - get paper here
 
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