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Phyllodactylus pulcher GRAY, 1828

IUCN Red List - Phyllodactylus pulcher - Critically Endangered, CR
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Higher TaxaPhyllodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Barbados Leaf-toed Gecko 
SynonymPhyllodactylus pulcher GRAY 1828: 3
Phyllodactylus pulcher — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1836: 397
Phyllodactylus spatulatus COPE 1863: 176
Phyllodactylus pulcher — BOULENGER 1885: 80
Phyllodactylus spatulatus — BOULENGER 1885: 81
Phyllodactylus pulcher — WERNER 1913: 3
Phyllodactylus pulcher — WERMUTH 1965: 143
Phyllodactylus pulcher — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 460
Phyllodactylus pulcher — KLUGE 1993
Phyllodactylus pulcher — RÖSLER 2000: 104
Phyllodactylus pulcher — THORPE 2022 
DistributionLesser Antilles (Barbados)

Type locality: Not given; later stated by Gray, 1845, to be "Tropical South America?"  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.9.4.80.
Syntype: USNM 6040 [Phyllodactylus spatulatus] 
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CommentType species: Phyllodactylus pulcher GRAY 1828: 3 is the type species of the genus Phyllodactylus GRAY 1828: 3.

Type genus: Phyllodactylus is also the type genus of the family Phyllodactylidae.

Reproduction: for a collection of data on reproductive details in Phyllodactylidae see Rösler 2022.

Abundance: Rare. This is one of the species called 'lost' and 'rediscovered' by Lindken et al. 2024.

Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin “pulcher” = beautiful, handsome, fine, fair.

The genus was named after Greek phyllon (φύλλον), leaf + Greek dactylos (δάκτυλος), finger, toe. [“...Digiti 5-5 graciles compressi, ultimo articulo squamâ latâ foliacea longitudinaliter fissa..."]. 
References
  • Blades, D. C., & Bosquet, I. M. V. 2025. The impact of a volcanic ash fall event on the Critically Endangered Barbados leaf-toed gecko Phyllodactylus pulcher. Oryx, 1-5 - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp. - get paper here
  • Cope, E.D. 1863. Contributions to Neotropical saurology. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 14 [1862]: 176-188. - get paper here
  • Dixon, James R. 1973. Phyllodactylus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (141): 1-2 - get paper here
  • Grant, C. 1959. Herpetology of Barbados, B.W.I. Herpetologica 15 (2): 97-101 - get paper here
  • Gray, J. E. 1828. Spicilegia Zoologica or Original figures and short systematic descriptions of new and unfigured animals. Treüttel, Würtz, London, 12 pp. + plates (published in parts from 1828-1830)
  • Gray, J. E. 1845. Catalogue of the specimens of lizards in the collection of the British Museum. Trustees of die British Museum/Edward Newman, London: xxvii + 289 pp. - get paper here
  • Lindken T.; Anderson, C. V., Ariano-Sánchez, D., Barki, G., Biggs, C., Bowles, P., Chaitanya, R., Cronin, D. T., Jähnig, S. C., Jeschke, J. M., Kennerley, R. J., Lacher, T. E. Jr., Luedtke, J. A., Liu, C., Long, B., Mallon, D., Martin, G. M., Meiri, 2024. What factors influence the rediscovery of lost tetrapod species? Global Change Biology, 30: 1-18 - get paper here
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
  • Rösler, Herbert 2022. Akzente der Fortpflanzungsbiologie oviparer Geckos (Squamata: Gekkota) - Charakter, Evolution, Phylogenie. Vernate 41/2022: 91-212
  • Ruthven, Alexander G. 1926. The status of Phyllodactylus spatulatus Cope. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (178): 1-2 - get paper here
  • Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp.
  • Thorpe, R.S. 2022. Reptiles of the Lesser Antilles. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 608 pp. - get paper here
  • Uetz, P.H.; Patel, M.; Gbadamosi, Z.; Nguyen, A.; Shoope, S. 2024. A Reference Database of Reptile Images. Taxonomy 4: 723–732 - get paper here
  • Werner, F. 1913. Neue oder seltene Reptilien und Frösche des Naturhistorischen Museums in Hamburg. Reptilien der Ostafrika-Expedition der Hamburger Geographischen Gesellschaft 1911/12. Leiter: Dr. E. Obst. Reptilien und Amphibien von Formosa. [these are 3 separate reports in one long article] Jb. Hamb. wiss. Anst., 30 [1912], 2. Beiheft: 1-39, 40-45, 45-51 - get paper here
  • Williams, Robert James; Julia Horrocks, Angelo Pernetta 2015. Natural history, distribution, and conservation status of the Barbados leaf-toed gecko, Phyllodactylus pulcher Gray, 1828 (Squamata, Gekkonidae). Herpetology Notes 8: 197-204 - get paper here
 
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