Phyllodactylus bugastrolepis DIXON, 1966

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Higher Taxa	Phyllodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: CatalinaIsland Leaf-toed Gecko S: Salamanquesa de la Isla Santa Catalina
Synonym	Phyllodactylus bugastrolepis DIXON 1966: 447 Phyllodactylus bugastrolepis — KLUGE 1993 Phyllodactylus bugastrolepis — LINER 1994 Phyllodactylus bugastrolepis — RÖSLER 2000: 103 Phyllodactylus bugastrolepis — RAMÍREZ-REYES et al. 2020
Distribution	Mexico (Isla Catalina) Type locality: Isla Catalina, Baja California.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: CAS 98485, adult female; Paratypes: CAS, MCZ, SDNHM = SDSNH 44604-44607, 44611-44613, 50792, 50793
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A small gecko. average snout-vent length of 45.1 mm, with exceptionally large belly scales that are few in number from gular region to anus; and in rows across the belly: a general pallid appearance in color pattern and color (Dixon 1966: 448).
Comment	Abundance: only known from the type locality (Meiri et al. 2017).
Etymology	From the Greek gastḗr meaning belly, and lepis meaning scale and the prefix bu which denote greatness in allusion to its enlarged ventral scales.
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 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., 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 Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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