Phyllodactylus leei COPE, 1889

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Higher Taxa	Phyllodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Chatham Leaf-toed Gecko
Synonym	Phyllodactylus leei COPE 1889: 145 Phyllodactylus leei — BURT & MYERS 1942 Phyllodactylus leei — WERMUTH 1965 Phyllodactylus leei — KLUGE 1993 Phyllodactylus leei — RÖSLER 2000: 104 Phyllodactylus leei — TORRES-CARVAJAL et al. 2016
Distribution	Ecuador: Galapagos (Chatham) Type locality: Chatham Island
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: USNM 14957
Diagnosis
Comment
Etymology	Named after Dr. Thomas Lee, a regular member of the group of naturalists used by the U.S. Fish Commission on the cruises of their research vessel, Albatross, which traveled in the Caribbean and to Galapagos.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Burt, Charles E. & Myers, George S. 1942. Neotropical lizards in the collection of the Natural History Museum of Stanford University. Stanford University Press, 52 pp. Cope, E.D. 1889. Scientific results of explorations by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. III. Report on the batrachians and reptiles collected in 1887-88. Proc. US Natl. Mus. 12 (769):141-147 - get paper here Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153 Swash, A. & Still, R. 2000. Birds, Mammals and Reptiles of the Galapagos Islands. Pica Press, 168 pp. 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, Andrea Rodríguez-Guerra, Jaime A. Chaves 2016. Present diversity of Galápagos leaf-toed geckos (Phyllodactylidae: Phyllodactylus) stems from three independent colonization event. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 103: 1-5 - get paper here Van Denburgh, John 1912. Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences to the Galapagos Islands, 1905-1906. VI. The geckos of the Galapagos Archipelago. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 1: 405-430 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information https://bioweb.bio/faunaweb/reptiliaweb/FichaEspecie/Phyllodactylus%20leei http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5ifBzN2_vD4/Tq1SaxMqMLI/AAAAAAAATPM/rJvv0qnLiMI… Google images

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