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Phyllodactylus pumilus DIXON & HUEY, 1970

IUCN Red List - Phyllodactylus pumilus - Data Deficient, DD
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Higher TaxaPhyllodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymPhyllodactylus pumilus DIXON & HUEY 1970: 60
Phyllodactylus pumilus — KLUGE 1993
Phyllodactylus pumilius — RÖSLER 2000: 104
Phyllodactylus pumilus — TORRES-CARVAJAL 2001 
DistributionEcuador (Cordillera de Balzar)

Type locality: Ecuador, Manabi, Manta (1 km south of Manta)  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: USNM 167227 
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Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Latin pumilus, dwarf, pigmy. [“...A small gecko with a known maximum snout-vent length of 51 mm...”]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024) 
References
  • Arteaga, A.; Bustamante, L.; Vieira, J. 2024. Reptiles of Ecuador. Khamai Foundation & Tropical Herping, 1073 pp. - get paper here
  • Dixon, James R. & Huey, Raymond B. 1970. Systematics of the lizards of the Gekkonid genus Phyllodactylus on mainland South America. Contributions in Science, Los Angeles County Museum (192): 1-78 - get paper here
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
  • 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. 2001. Lizards of Ecuador: Checklist, Distribution, and Systematic References. Smithsonian Herp. Inf. Serv. (131): 1-35 - get paper here
  • Torres-Carvajal, Omar; Amaranta Carvajal-Campos, Charles W. Barnes, Gabriela Nicholls, and María J. Pozo-Andrade 2013. A New Andean Species of Leaf-toed Gecko (Phyllodactylidae: Phyllodactylus) from Ecuador. Journal of Herpetology Jun 2013, Vol. 47, No. 2: 384-390. - get paper here
 
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