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Phyllodactylus gerrhopygus (WIEGMANN, 1834)

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Higher TaxaPhyllodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: South American Leaf-toed Gecko
S: Salamanqueja, Salamanquesa 
SynonymDiplodactylus gerrhopygus WIEGMANN in MEYEN 1834: 242
Phyllodactylus gymnopygus — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1836: 394
Phyllodactylus gerrhopygus — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1836: 399
Phyllodactylus gerrhopygus — BOULENGER 1885: 95
Phyllodactylus heterurus WERNER in BÜRGER 1907: 149
Phyllodactylus gerrhopygus — WERNER 1910: 6
Phyllodactylus gerrhopygus — BURT & BURT 1933: 7
Phyllodactylus gerrhopygus — WERMUTH 1965: 136
Phyllodactylus heterurus — PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970: 223
Phyllodactylus heterurus — DIXON & HUEY 1970: 11
Phyllodactylus heterurus — KLUGE 1993
Phyllodactylus gerrhopygus — KLUGE 1993
Phyllodactylus gerrhopygus — RÖSLER 2000: 104
Phyllodactylus heterurus — RÖSLER 2000: 104
Phyllodactylus gerrophygus — AGUILAR et al. 2007 (in error) 
DistributionS Peru (Tacna), N Chile

Type locality: Tacna, Peru.

heterurus: Chile; Type locality: Oasis de Pica, Tarapaca, Chile  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZMB 413 (lost, fide DIXON & HUEY 1970, but extant fide Bauer & Günther 1991, F. Tillack, pers. comm., 11 Feb 2015)
Holotype: lost in the Juan Noé Institute fire, December 2, 1948, (DIXON & HUEY 1970 Nuñez & Jaksic 1992), adult male, collected by C. Reiche 1902 [heterurus] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (heterurus). This species is known only from the holotype that was destroyed by a fire. Phyllodactylus heterurus is a small gecko with a maximum snout-vent length of 38 mm; dorsal surfaces of head and body smooth, without tubercles; tail with four rows of tubercles, two on each lateral surface; preanal plate present; terminal lamellae of digits moderately large.
This species is distinguished from all other species of Phyllodactylus except gerrhopygus and angustidigitus, by the presence of an enlarged preanal plate; from gerrhopygus and angustidigitus by the presence of four rows of tail tubercles, with anteriorly projecting tips. (Dixon & Huey 1970)


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CommentSynonymy: Phyllodactylus heterurus is known only from the type and the type locality (DIXON & HUEY 1970). The type was destroyed by fire. Due to its similarity with P. gerrhopygus Nuñez & Jaksic 1992 suggested to synonymize the two species. Despite great effort, no additional specimen of P. heterurus has been collected (JO Ortiz and JC Torres-Mura, pers. comm., via J. Troncoso-Palacios, pers. comm. 12 Jul 2016) 
EtymologyNamed after Greek gerron (γέρρον), anything made of wicker-work; screen; shield + Greek pygi (πυγή), the rump, buttocks. (WIEGMANN 1834, Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., April 2024) 
References
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  • Burt, C. E., and M. D. Burt 1933. A preliminary check list of the lizards of South America. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 28: 1-104.
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  • 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
  • Duméril, A.M. C. and G. Bibron. 1836. Erpetologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complete des Reptiles. Vol. 3. Libr. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris, 528 pp. - get paper here
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  • Werner, F. 1907. Sobre algunos lagartos nuevos clasificados i descritos. In: Bürger, O. Estudios sobre reptiles chilenos. Anales de la Universidad de Chile, 121:149—155. - get paper here
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  • Wiegmann, A. F. A. 1834. In: Dr. F. J. F. Meyen: Beiträge zur Zoologie gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erde. Siebente Abhandlung. Amphibien. Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academia Caesarea Leopoldino-Carolina (Halle) 17: 185-268 [1835] - get paper here
 
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