Phyllodactylus hispaniolae SCHWARTZ, 1979
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Phyllodactylus hispaniolae
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| Higher Taxa | Phyllodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Dominican Leaf-toed Gecko, Dominican Leaf-toed Gecko |
| Synonym | Phyllodactylus wirshingi hispaniolae SCHWARTZ 1979 Phyllodactylus hispaniolae — WEISS & HEDGES 2007 |
| Distribution | Hispaniola, 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. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: TCWC 51046; paratypes: TCWC, UF/FSM, USNM |
| Diagnosis | Definition. A subspecies of Ph.wirshingi ciharacterized by the combination of: 1)moderate to small size (males to 56 mm, females to 61 mm snout-vent lengths); 2) 2-5 (X = 2.8, Mo = 3) postmental scales in the first row; 3) 5-10 postmental scales (X = 6.8) in the second row;4) preorbital snout pattern absent, although the individual scales are slightly darker apically than basally, to give a uniformly mosaic snout; 5) juveniles banded dark brown with darker edges and without included pale tan scales within the bands (SCHWARTZ 1979: 422). See Table 1 in SCHWARTZ 1979: 421 for measurements and meristic characters in wirshingi, hispaniolae and sommeri. |
| Comment | For 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. |
| Etymology | Named after the type locality. |
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