Aruba leaf-toed gecko
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| Aruba leaf-toed gecko | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Phyllodactylidae |
| Genus: | Phyllodactylus |
| Species: | P. julieni
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| Binomial name | |
| Phyllodactylus julieni Cope, 1885
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The Aruba leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus julieni) is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Aruba in the Caribbean.[2]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, julieni, is in honor of American geologist Alexis Anastay Julien.[3]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of P. julieni is shrubland.[1]
Behavior
[edit]P. julieni is terrestrial and nocturnal.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Van Buurt, G. (2016). "Phyllodactylus julieni (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T48443729A115401463. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T48443729A48443733.en. Downloaded on 01 February 2019.
- ^ a b Phyllodactylus julieni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Phyllodactylus julieni, p. 137).
Further reading
[edit]- Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History).Second Edition. Volume III. .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I–XL. (Phyllodactylus julieni, p. 482).
- van Buurt G (2004). Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. 160 pp. ISBN 978-3930612666.
- Cope ED (1885). "Twelfth Contribution to the Herpetology of Tropical America". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 22: 167–194. (Phyllodactylus julieni, new species, pp. 180–181).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Phyllodactylus julieni, p. 104). (in German).
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