Phyllodactylus bordai TAYLOR, 1942
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Phyllodactylus bordai
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| Higher Taxa | Phyllodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Guerreran Leaf-toed Gecko S: Salamanquesa de Guerrero |
| Synonym | Phyllodactylus bordai TAYLOR 1942: 93 Phyllodactylus bordai — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 47 Phyllodactylus bordai — DIXON 1964: 88 Phyllodactylus bordai — KLUGE 1993 Phyllodactylus bordai — LINER 1994 Phyllodactylus bordai — RÖSLER 2000: 103 Phyllodactylus bordai — MATA-SILVA et al. 2015 Phyllodactylus bordai — RAMÍREZ-REYES et al. 2021 |
| Distribution | Mexico (Guerrero, Oaxaca, Puebla, Morelos) Type locality: 6 miles north of Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: INHS (= UIMNH) 25060 (27732), adult female, E. H. Taylor; August 26, 1941. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis. This is a small gecko, with a body length of 44 mm (our data show mean SVL = 42.9 mm), similar to tail length (mean 40.2 mm), head width 9 mm, head length 12.5 mm, and axilla to groin 19.8 mm (Fig. 14). Similar to the diagnostic characters of P. ngiwa, the combination of ventral scales counts can differentiate P. bordai from other Phyllodactylus species in Mexico (see P. ngiwa Diagnosis section). The values reported herein from newly collected material (mean scales across venter 28, mean scales from gular region 56.8) are highly consistent with those reported by Dixon (1964) (mean scales across venter 28.8, mean scales from gular region 59.5). According to the combination of these mean values, only two other Phyllodactylus species present similar values to P. bordai, being P. magnus (mean scales across venter 27.2, mean scales from gular region 58.9) and P. unctus (mean scales across venter 29.4, mean scales from gular region 58). Phyllodactylus magnus is a large species easily distinguished from P. bordai by the size of adult individuals (SVL 90 mm), which exceeds the size of adult P. bordai by nearly double. In addition to the size, P. magnus has 25–30 interorbital scales and 19–32 scales across the snout from the third labial, while P. bordai has 15–23 interorbital scales and 16–20 scales across the snout from the third labial. On the other hand, P. unctus is easily diagnosed since it lacks rows of dorsal tubercles, while P. bordai has 13–17 rows of dorsal tubercles. (RAMÍREZ-REYES et al. 2025) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 116 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Distribution: see map in RAMÍREZ-REYES et al. 2021: Fig. 1, RAMÍREZ-REYES et al. 2025: 154 (Fig. 1), and p. 170 (Fig. 12). |
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