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Phyllodactylus interandinus DIXON & HUEY, 1970

IUCN Red List - Phyllodactylus interandinus - Least Concern, LC
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Higher TaxaPhyllodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Andes Leaf-toed Gecko 
SynonymPhyllodactylus interandinus DIXON & HUEY 1970: 34
Phyllodactylus interandinus — KLUGE 1993
Phyllodactylus interandinus — RÖSLER 2000: 104 
DistributionPeru (Cajamarca, Chinchipe, Maranon, Utcubamba river valleys)

Type locality: Peru, Cajamarca, Bellavista  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: TCWC 27914, adult female, collected by John W. Wright and James R. Dixon, 26 November 1968 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (34 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Latin inter, between, within; at intervals + S. Andes, cordillera in western South America, from a pre-Hispanic people in the Jauja region (Junín, Peru) that gave the mountain range its name and Latin -inus, having the nature or condition of. [“...This species is an inhabitant of the Chinchipe, Maranon, and Utcubamba river valleys of the departments of Amazonas and Cajamarca, Peru...”]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024) 
References
  • 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
  • KOCH, CLAUDIA; MORRIS FLECKS, PABLO J. VENEGAS, PATRICK BIALKE, SEBASTIAN VALVERDE, DENNIS RÖDDER 2016. Applying n-dimensional hypervolumes for species delimitation: unexpected molecular, morphological, and ecological diversity in the Leaf-Toed Gecko Phyllodactylus reissii Peters, 1862 (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae) from northern Peru. Zootaxa 4161 (1): 041–080 - get paper here
  • KOCH, CLAUDIA; PABLO J. VENEGAS, ROY SANTA CRUZ, WOLFGANG BÖHME 2018. Annotated checklist and key to the species of amphibians and reptiles inhabiting the northern Peruvian dry forest along the Andean valley of the Marañón River and its tributaries. Zootaxa 4385 (1): 001–101 - get paper here
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
 
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