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Phyllodactylus kofordi DIXON & HUEY, 1970

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Higher TaxaPhyllodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Coastal Leaf-toed Gecko 
SynonymPhyllodactylus kofordi DIXON & HUEY 1970: 39
Phyllodactylus kofordi — KLUGE 1993
Phyllodactylus kofordi — RÖSLER 2000: 104
Phyllodactylus kofordi — SCHLÜTER 2011
Phyllodactylus kofordi — SULLIVAN et al. 2026 
DistributionPeru (Lambayeque, perifphery of Sechura desert, western foothills of Andes and coastal Peru; Piura), S Ecuador

Type locality: Peru, Lambayeque, Cerro de la Vieja, Motupe  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: TCWC 279 12, adult male, coll ected by James R. Di xon and John W. Wright, 19-20 Nov. 1968. 
DiagnosisUnfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us if you need any of this material. 
CommentThis species is similar to and thus often sold as “Phyllodactylus reissii”.

Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. 
EtymologyNamed after Dr.Carl B.Koford (1915-1979), a naturalist, explorer, and conservationist who worked at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley. 
References
  • Arteaga, A.; Bustamante, L.; Vieira, J. 2024. Reptiles of Ecuador. Khamai Foundation & Tropical Herping, 1073 pp. - get paper here
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Catenazzi 2007. Distribution of geckos in northern Peru: Long-term effect of strong ENSO [El Niño Southern Oscillation] events? Journal of Arid Environments 71: 327–332 - get paper here
  • Chávez, G., Victoriano-Cigüeñas, K. Y., Aznaran, W., Wong, I., Odar, J., & Thompson, M. E. 2025. Breaking the silence: vocal diversity revealed in four Peruvian gecko species, genus Phyllodactylus (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae). SALAMANDRA, 61(4), 467-479 - get paper here
  • Dixon, James R. & Huey, Raymond B. 1970. Systematics of the lizards of the Gekkonid genus Phyllodactylus on mainland South America. Contributions in Science, Los Angeles County Museum (192): 1-78 - get paper here
  • Huey, R. B. 1979. Parapatry and niche complementarity of Peruvian desert geckos (Phyllodactylus): the ambiguous role of competition. Oecologia (Berl.) 38: 249-259 - get paper here
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
  • Schlüter, U. 2006. Bemerkungen zur Schwanzfärbung peruanischer Blattfingergeckos (Phyllodactylus). Elaphe 14 (1): 55-57
  • Schlüter, U. 2011. Haltung und Nachzucht von Kofords Blattfingergecko (Phyllodactylus kofordi DIXON & HUEY 1970). Elaphe 19 (2): 39-43
  • Soto Quispe, J. C., Ugaz Cherre, A. F., Llompart Navarro, A. E., Saldaña Ugaz, I. S., Marchena Dioses, J. M., Montero Silva, M. A. and Barrionuevo García, R. 2025. Diversity and temporal frequency of records of the herpetofauna of the equatorial seasonally dry tropical forest in the rural community of Lucarqui, Piura, northwestern Peru. Nature Environment and Pollution Technology 24(2): D1693 - get paper here
  • Sullivan, Kathryn A; Randy L Klabacka, Alessandro Catenazzi, José Pérez Z, Pablo J Venegas, Perry L Wood, Darren C Browne, Claudia Koch, Jeroen P van Leeuwen, Federico Valdez, Stuart V Nielsen, Aaron M Bauer, Jack W Sites, César Aguilar Puntriano, El 2026. One if by land, two if by sea: molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the Neotropical leaf-toed geckos (Phyllodactylidae: Phyllodactylus). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 206 (4): zlag063 - get paper here
  • Torres-Carvajal O, Pazmiño-Otamendi G, Salazar-Valenzuela D. 2019. Reptiles of Ecuador: a resource-rich portal, with a dynamic checklist and photographic guides. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13 (1): [General Section]: 209–229 (e178) - get paper here
  • Torres-Carvajal, Omar; Amaranta Carvajal-Campos, Charles W. Barnes, Gabriela Nicholls, and María J. Pozo-Andrade 2013. A New Andean Species of Leaf-toed Gecko (Phyllodactylidae: Phyllodactylus) from Ecuador. Journal of Herpetology Jun 2013, Vol. 47, No. 2: 384-390. - get paper here
  • Uetz, P.H.; Patel, M.; Gbadamosi, Z.; Nguyen, A.; Shoope, S. 2024. A Reference Database of Reptile Images. Taxonomy 4: 723–732 - get paper here
 
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