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Phyllodactylus hispaniolae SCHWARTZ, 1979

IUCN Red List - Phyllodactylus hispaniolae - Endangered, EN
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Higher TaxaPhyllodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Dominican Leaf-toed Gecko, Dominican Leaf-toed Gecko 
SynonymPhyllodactylus wirshingi hispaniolae SCHWARTZ 1979
Phyllodactylus hispaniolae — WEISS & HEDGES 2007 
DistributionHispaniola, Valle de Neiba-Llanos de Azua, and foothills of Sierra Martin Garcia, República Dominicana.

Type locality: 2.0 km E La Descubierta, Independencia Province, Republica Dominicana.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: TCWC 51046; paratypes: TCWC, UF/FSM, USNM 
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CommentFor illustrations see Grant, 1932; Kerster and Smith, 1955; Rivero, 1978.

Based on mtDNA sequence differences and allopatry WEISS & HEDGES 2007 elevated the (allopatric) subspecies of P. wirshingi to full species status.

Distribution: see map in Weiss & Hedges 2007: 410. 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
  • Bauer, A.M., and Russell, A.P. 2003. Phyllodactylus wirshingi. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 770: 1-4 - get paper here
  • Grant, C. 1932. A genus of gecko new to the Greater Antilles. J. Dept. Agric. Puerto Rico 16 (3): 335-37.
  • Kerster, H. W. and H. M. Smith. 1955. The identity of the Puerto Rican species of Phyllodactylus (Reptilia: Squamata). Herpetologica 11: 229-232 - get paper here
  • Rivero, J.A. 1978. Los anfibios y reptiles de Puerto Rico. M. Pareja Montana, 16, Barcelona, Espafia: x + 152 + 148pp.
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
  • Schwartz, A. 1979. The status of Greater Antillean Phyllodactylus (Reptilia, Gekkonidae). Journal of Herpetology 13 (4): 419-426 - get paper here
  • Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp.
  • Weiss, Andrew J. and S. Blair Hedges 2007. Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the Antillean geckos Phyllodactylus wirshingi, Tarentola americana, and Hemidactylus haitianus (Reptilia, Squamata). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45: 409-416 - get paper here
 
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