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Reptilia    Squamata (part)    Phyllodactylidae  

Peninsular Leaf-toed Gecko
Phyllodactylus nocticolus Dixon, 1964

Current SSAR Comments:
The standard English name of this species is returned to that used in the 5th and 6th editions of this list (which used “Peninsular” rather than “Peninsula”).

Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
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First instance(s) of published English names:
Mexican Leaf-fingered Gecko (Phyllodactylus tuberculosus: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.);

Taxon Links:

  
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
  
The Reptile Database
  
NatureServe
  
iNaturalist
  
GenBank
  
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Pertinent LIterature:
1964 Dixon, James R. The systematics and distribution of lizards of the genus Phyllodactylus in North and Central America. Scientific Bulletin 64-1. Research Center, New Mexico State University, University Park, New Mexico. 139pp.

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