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Phyllodactylus tuberculosus WIEGMANN, 1834

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Higher TaxaPhyllodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
SubspeciesPhyllodactylus tuberculosus ingeri DIXON 1964
Phyllodactylus tuberculosus tuberculosus WIEGMANN 1834 
Common NamesE: Yellowbelly Gecko
S: Geco Panza Amarilla 
SynonymPhyllodactylus tuberculosus WIEGMANN in MEYEN 1834: 241
Phyllodactylus tuberculosus — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1836: 396
Phyllodactylus tuberculosus — BOULENGER 1885: 79 (part.)
Phyllodactylus tuberculosus — WERNER 1913: 4
Phyllodactylus tuberculosus — KLAUBER 1928
Phyllodactylus tuberculosus — SMITH 1946: 69
Phyllodactylus tuberculosus — DIXON 1960: 1
Phyllodactylus tuberculosus — WERMUTH 1965: 144
Phyllodactylus tuberculosus — KLUGE 1993
Phyllodactylus tuberculosus — LINER 1994
Phyllodactylus tuberculosus — KÖHLER 2000: 44
Phyllodactylus tuberculosus — MATA-SILVA et al. 2015
Phyllodactylus tuberculosis — HEDGES et al. 2019 (in error)
Phyllodactylus tuberculosis — RAMÍREZ-REYES et al. 2021

Phyllodactylus tuberculosus tuberculosus WIEGMANN 1834
Phyllodactylus eduardofischeri MERTENS 1952: 39
Phyllodactylus eduardofischeri — TAYLOR 1956: 59
Phyllodactylus tuberculosus tuberculosus — STUART 1963
Phyllodactylus tuberculosus tuberculosus — DIXON 1964: 22
Phyllodactylus tuberculosus tuberculosus — WERMUTH 1965: 145
Phyllodactylus tuberculosus tuberculosus — DE LISLE et al. 2013

Phyllodactylus tuberculosus ingeri DIXON 1964
Phyllodactylus tuberculosus ingeri — WERMUTH 1965: 145
Phyllodactylus tuberculosus ingeri — DE LISLE et al. 2013
Phyllodactylus tuberculosus ingeri — RAMÍREZ-REYES et al. 2021 
DistributionBelize, Mexico (Acapulco/Guerrero, Michoacan, Morelos, Quintana Roo), Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica

Type locality: “California”; restricted to the “village of California”, Nicaragua by DIXON 1960.

ingeri: coastal Belize; Type locality: Stann Creek, British Honduras (= Belize)

magnus: Mexico (Chiapas, Guerrero, Michoacan, Oaxaca, Puebla), Guatemala; Type locality: Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico.

Type locality:  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: ZMB 412A, male
Holotype: BMNH 1893.3.4.2, adult female [ingeri]
Holotype: FMNH = CNHM 100005, adult male [magnus]
Holotype: KU 67514, adult female, paratype: BYU [saxatilis] 
Diagnosis 
CommentHybridization: Phyllodactylus magnatuberculatus is a hybrid between P. t. magnus and P. lanei fide DIXON 1964.

Subspecies: RAMÍREZ-REYES et al. 2021 elevated magnus and saxatilis to full species status, but didn’t include ingeri in their analysis (and hence left it unchanged).

Distribution: not in Jalisco fide CRUZ-SÁENZ et al. 2017. Not in Yucatan state (Mexico) according to GONZÁLEZ-SÁNCHEZ et al. 2017. Not in Puebla fide Woolrich-Piña 2018. Not in Ecuador fide Torres-Carvajal et al. 2019: 299 ff), but reported from Galapagos by SWASH & STILL 2001. See map in RAMÍREZ-REYES et al. 2021: Fig. 1. 
EtymologyThe name tuberculosus is derived from the Latin word tuberculum (small lump) and the Latin suffix -osus (fullness or abundance) and refers to the numerous tubercles on the skin of this species. 
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