Del Campo's leaf-toed gecko (''Phyllodactylus delcampoi''), also known
commonly as ''la salamanquesa de del Campo'' in Spanish, is a
species
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of
lizard
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in the
family
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Phyllodactylidae
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. The species is
endemic
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to
Mexico
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.
Etymology
The
specific name Specific name may refer to:
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In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''delcampoi'', is in honor of Mexican herpetologist
Rafael Martín del Campo y Sánchez.
[ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Phyllodactylus delcampoi'', p. 69).]
Geographic range
''P. delcampoi'' is found in the Mexican state of
Guerrero
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.
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Habitat
The preferred natural habitat
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of ''P. delcampoi'' is rock outcrops in forest
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, at altitudes of .
Behavior
''P. delcampoi'' is terrestrial
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and saxicolous.
Reproduction
''P. delcampoi'' is oviparous
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.[
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References
Further reading
* Mosauer W (1936). "Description of a New ''Phyllodactylus'' from Mexico, with Remarks on the Status of ''P. tuberculosus'' ". ''Copeia'' 1936 (3): 141–146. (''Phyllodactylus delcampoi'', new species).
* Palacios-Aguilar R, Flores-Villela O (2018). "An updated checklist of the herpetofauna of from Guerrero, Mexico". ''Zootaxa'' 4422 (1): 1–24.
* Rösler H (2000). "''Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)''". ''Gekkota'' 2: 28–153. (''Phyllodactylus delcampi'', p. 104). (in German).
* Smith HM, Taylor EH (1950). "An Annotated Checklist and Key to the Reptiles of Mexico Exclusive of the Snakes". ''Bulletin of the United States National Museum'' (199): 1–253. (''Phyllodactylus delcampi'', p. 47).
Phyllodactylus
Endemic reptiles of Mexico
Reptiles described in 1936
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