Phyllodactylus wirshingi KERSTER & SMITH, 1955
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Phyllodactylus wirshingi
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| Higher Taxa | Phyllodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Puerto Rican Leaf-toed Gecko |
| Synonym | Phyllodactylus wirshingi KERSTER & SMITH 1955: 229 Phyllodactylus wirshingi wirshingi — SCHWARTZ 1979 Phyllodactylus wirshingi — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 461 Phyllodactylus wirshingi — KLUGE 1993 Phyllodactylus wirshingi — RÖSLER 2000: 105 Phyllodactylus wirshingi — WEISS & HEDGES 2007 |
| Distribution | Puerto Rico, Isla Caja de Muertos. Type locality: Isla Caja de Muertos, Puerto Rico. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: INHS (= UIMNH) 37740 |
| Diagnosis | Definition: A subspecies of Ph. wirshingi characterized by the combination of: 1) large size (males to 62 mm, females to 66 mm snout-vent lengths); 2) 2 postmental scales in the first row; 3) 4-8 postmental scales (X = 5.4) in the second row; 4) a preorbital snout pattern of at least a dark preocular bar and a snout V or U, these often connected to form a snout triangle and with other dark preorbital markings including both a dark loreal and a dark canthal line (the sides of the snout triangle are portions of this canthal line); 5) juveniles banded dark brown with darker edges and with included pale tan scales within the bands (SCHWARTZ 1979). 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 WEISS & HEDGES 2007 elevated the (allopatric) subspecies of P. wirshingi to full species status. Habitat: limestone cliffs and boulders, especially the latter which have large flakes or are creviced. A large female (ASFSV 5753) was taken during the day in a pile of Cocos fronds on a sandy substrate, and two specimens (ASFS V5656-57) taken on a paved road through the above habitat at 2200 hr. |
| Etymology | Named after Juan A. "Tito" Wirshing (d. 1967), who collected the holotype in 1953. He seems to have been a wealthy man, as he kept the Isla Caja de Muerto as a private zoological reserve (1954-1967). |
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