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Bibliography of the genus Phyllodactylus (American Leaf-toed Geckos)

(Reptilia: Sauria: Phyllodactylidae)

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Phyllodactylus in general

Arnold, E.N. 1977. Little-known geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Arabia with description of two new species from the Sultanate of Oman. (In: The scientific results of the Oman flora and fauna survey 1975). Journal of Oman Studies Special Report 1: 81-110.

Bauer, A.M.; Good, D.A.; Branch, W.R. 1997. The taxonomy of the southern African Leaf-toed Geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae), with a review of Old World "Phyllodactylus" and the description of five new genera. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 49(14): 447-497.

Blair, C.; Méndez-de la Cruz, F.R.; Law, C.; Murphy, R.W. 2015. Molecular phylogenetics and species delimitation of leaf-toed geckos (Phyllodactylidae: Phyllodactylus) throughout the Mexican tropical dry forest. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 84: 254-265.

Blair, C.; Mendez-de la Cruz, F.R.; Ngo, A.; Lindell, J.; Lathrop, A.; Murphy, R.W. 2009. Molecular phylogenetics and taxonomy of leaf-toed geckos (Phyllodactylidae: Phyllodactylus) inhabiting the peninsula of Baja California. Zootaxa 2027: 28-42.

Dixon, J.R. 1961. The lizard genus Phyllodactylus in North and Central America. American Philosophical Society Yearbook 1961: 284.

Dixon, J.R. 1962. The leaf-toed geckos, genus Phyllodactylus of northeastern South America. Southwestern Naturalist 7: 211-226.

Dixon, J.R. 1964. Further data on the geckos (Phyllodactylus) of islands in the extreme southern Caribbean. Southwestern Naturalist 9: 203-205.

Dixon, J.R. 1964. The systematics and distribution of lizards of the genus Phyllodactylus in North and Central America. Bulletin Res. Cent. New Mexico St. Univ. 64(1): 1-139.

Dixon, J.R. 1966. Speciation and systematics of the gekkonid lizard genus Phyllodactylus of the islands of the Gulf of California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 33(13): 415-452.

Dixon, J.R. 1971. The ecology and chromosome numbers of central American gekkonid lizards through the use of field tecniques. American Philosophical Society Yearbook 1970: 306.

Dixon, J.R. 1973. Phyllodactylus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 141: 1-2.

Dixon, J.R.; Huey, R.B. 1970. Systematics of the lizards of the gekkonid genus Phyllodactylus of mainland South America. Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) 192: 1-78.

Gamble, T.; Bauer, A.M.; Greenbaum, E.; Jackman, T.R. 2008. Out of the blue: a novel, trans-Atlantic clade of geckos (Gekkota, Squamata). Zoologica Scripta 37(4): 355-366.

Huey, R.B. 1979. Parapatry and niche complementarity of Peruvian desert geckos (Phyllodactylus): the ambiguous role of competition. Oecologia (Heidelberg) 38(3): 249-259.

Kerster, H.W.; Smith, H.M. 1955. The identity of the Puerto Rican species of Phyllodactylus (Reptilia. Squamata). Herpetologica 11: 229-232.

Kluge, A.G. 1983. Cladistic relationships among gekkonid lizards. Copeia 1983(2): 465-475.

Krefft, G. 1953. Herpetologische Eindrücke einer Walfangreise. DATZ (Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift) 6: 100-103.

Kroll, J.C.; Dixon, J.R. 1972. A new sense organ in the gekkonid genus Phyllodactylus (gerrhopygus group). Herpetologica 28(2): 113-121.

Olmedo, J.; Cayot, L. 1994. Introduced geckos in the towns of Santa Cruz, San Cristobal and Isabela. Noticias de Galapagos 53: 7-12.

Parker, H.W. 1935. Some lizards from Venezuela and the Dutch Leeward Islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (London) 15(16): 480-484.

Patton, J.L. 1984. Genetical processes in the Galapagos. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 21(1-2): 97-111.

Ramírez-Reyes, T.; Piñero, D.; Flores-Villela, O.; Vázquez-Domínguez, E. 2017. Molecular systematics, species delimitation and diversification patterns of the Phyllodactylus lanei complex (Gekkota: Phyllodactylidae) in Mexico. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution 115: 82-94

Schlüter, U. 2002. Haltung und Zucht einiger Blattfingergeckos aus Peru. Aquaristik Fachmagazin 34(2)(164): 82-85.

Schlüter, U. 2006. Bemerkungen zur Schwanzfärbung peruanischer Blattfingergeckos (Phyllodactylus). Elaphe 14(1): 55-57.

Taylor, E.H. 1942. Some geckoes of the genus Phyllodactylus. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 28(1): 91-112.

Torres-Carvajal, O.; Barnes, C.W.; Pozo-Andrade, M.J.; Tapia, W.; Nicholls, G. 2014. Older than the islands: origin and diversification of Galapagos leaf-toed geckos (Phyllodactylidae: Phyllodactylus) by multiple colonizations. Journal of Biogeography 41(10): 1883-1894.

Wright, J.W. 1983. The evolution and biogeography of the lizards of the Galapagos Archipelago: evolutionary genetics of Phyllodactylus and Tropidurus populations. pp. 123-155. In: Bowman, R.I.; Berson, M. & Leviton, A.E. (eds.). Patterns of evolution in Galapagos organisms. Pacific Division AAAS, San Francisco. 568 pp.

Phyllodactylus angustidigitus

Catenazzi, A. 2006. Natural history notes: Microlophus peruvianus (Peruvian Pacific Iguana). Saurophagy. Herpetological Review 37(1): 90.

Goldberg, S.R. 2016. Note on reproduction of Phyllodactylus angustidigitus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Peru. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 51(3): 45-46.

Pérez-Z., J.; Balta, K. 2011. [Ecology of Phyllodactylus angustidigitus and P. gerrhopygus (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae) from the Reserva Nacional de Paracas, Peru]. (In Spanish). Revista Peruana de Biologia 18(2): 217-223.

Phyllodactylus baurii

Lanza, B. 1982. On some Phyllodactylus from the Galapagos Islands (Reptilia Gekkonidae). pp. 149-182. Museo Zoologico dell'Universita di Firenze, Galapagos. Studi e ricerche. Spedizione 'L. Mares - G.R.S.T.S.' Gruppo Ricerche Scientifische e Techniche Subacquee. 426 pp.

Phyllodactylus benedettii

Ramírez-Reyes, T.; Flores-Villela, O. 2018. Taxonomic changes and description of two new species for the Phyllodactylus lanei complex (Gekkota: Phyllodactylidae) in Mexico. Zootaxa 4407(2): 151–190.

Phyllodactylus bordai

Davis, W.B.; Dixon, J.R. 1961. Reptiles (exclusive of snakes) of the Chilpancingo region, Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 74: 37-56.

Phyllodactylus davisi

Méndez-de la Cruz, F.R.; Vega-Pérez, A.H.D. de la; Lara-Resendiz, R.A. 2014. Geographic distribution: Phyllodactylus davisi (Davis's Leaf-toed Gecko). Herpetological Review 45(2): 283.

Phyllodactylus delcampi

Davis, W.B.; Dixon, J.R. 1961. Reptiles (exclusive of snakes) of the Chilpancingo region, Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 74: 37-56.

Mosauer, W. 1936. Description of a new Phyllodactyhus from Mexico, with remarks on the status of P. tuberculosus. Copeia 1936: 141-146.

Phyllodactylus delsolari

Aurich, J.; Koch, C.; Böhme, W. 2011. Ecology of a gecko assemblage (Phyllodactylidae: Squamata) from northern Peru. North-Western Journal of Zoology 7(2): 310-317.

Aurich, J.; Koch, C.; Böhme, W. 2015. Reproduction in a gecko assemblage (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae) in the Marañon region (Peru) and comments on the largest gecko in the New World. Phyllomedusa 14(1): 53-62.

Koch, C.; Beraun, A.M. 2011. Squamata, Phyllodactylidae, Phyllodactylus thompsoni Venegas, Townsend, Koch and Böhme, 2008 and Phyllodactylus delsolari Venegas, Townsend, Koch and Böhme, 2008: latitudinal and altitudinal distribution extension and geographic distribution map. Check List 7(3): 272-275.

Venegas, P.J.; Townsend, J.H.; Koch, C.; Böhme, W. 2008. Two new sympatric species of leaf-toed geckos (Gekkonidae: Phyllodactylus) from the Balsas region of the upper Maranon Valley, Peru. Journal of Herpetology 42(2): 386-396.

Phyllodactylus dixoni

Rivero-Blanco, C.; Lancini, A.R. 1967. Phyllodactylus dixoni: una nueva especie de lagarto (Sauria: Gekkonidae) de Venezuela. Memoria de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle 27: 168-175.

Phyllodactylus duellmani

Dixon, J.R. 1960. Two new geckos, genus Phyllodactylus (Reptilia: Sauria) from Michoacan, Mexico. Southwestern Naturalist 5: 37-42.

Phyllodactylus galapagensis

Hoogmoed, M.S. 1989. Introduced geckos in Puerto Ayoka, Santa Cruz, with remarks on other areas. Noticias de Galapagos 47: 12-16.

Kushlan, J.A. 1981. Egg cache of a Galapagos gecko. Journal of Herpetology 15(1): 121-122.

Lanza, B. 1982. On some Phyllodactylus from the Galapagos Islands (Reptilia Gekkonidae). pp. 149-182. Museo Zoologico dell'Universita di Firenze, Galapagos. Studi e ricerche. Spedizione 'L. Mares - G.R.S.T.S.' Gruppo Ricerche Scientifische e Techniche Subacquee. 426 pp.

Peters, W.C.H. 1869. Über eine neue Eidechsenart, Phyllodactylus galapagensis, von den Galapagos-Inseln. Monatsberichte der Königlich Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1869(October): 719-720.

Phyllodactylus gerrhopygus

Aguilar, C.; Lundberg, M.; Siu-Ting, K.; Jimenez, M.E. 2007. Nuevos registros para la herpetofauna del departamento de Lima, descripcion del renacuajo de Telmatobius rimac Schmidt, 1954 (Anura: Ceratophrydae) y una clave de los anfibios. Revista Peruana de Biologia 14(2): 209-216.

Capetillo, J.; Northland, I.; Iturra, P. 1992. Caracterizacion morfologica y cromosomica de Phyllodactylus inaequalis Cope y P. gerrhopygus (Wiegmann) (Gekkonidae). Nueva distribucion geografica en el norte de Chile. Acta Zoologica Lilloana 41: 219-224.

Codoceo, M. 1950. Reptiles de Tarapaca. (Nota preliminar). Invest. Zool. Chilenas 1: 15.

Pefaur, J.E.; Davila, J.; Lopez, E.; Nunez, A. 1978. Distribucion y clasificacion de los reptiles del Departamento de Arequipa. Boletin del Instituto Frances de Estudios Andinos 7(1-2): 129-139.

Pérez-Z., J.; Balta, K. 2011. [Ecology of Phyllodactylus angustidigitus and P. gerrhopygus (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae) from the Reserva Nacional de Paracas, Peru]. (In Spanish). Revista Peruana de Biologia 18(2): 217-223.

Pincheira-Donoso, D. 2006. Los geckos de Chile (Scleroglossa, Gekkonidae, Gekkoninae). Parte II. biogeografia y cambios ontogeneticos en el patron de coLoracion de Phyllodactylus gerrhopygus. Puede la evidencia sostener la presencia de Phyllodactylus inaequalis en Chile? Multequina 15: 37-48.

Phyllodactylus gorii

Phyllodactylus hispaniolae

Schwartz, A. 1979. The status of Greater Antillean Phyllodactylus (Reptilia, Gekkonidae). Journal of Herpetology 13(4): 419-426.

Phyllodactylus homolepidurus

Goldberg, S.R. 2008. Note on reproduction of the Sonoran leaf-toed gecko, Phyllodactylus homolepidurus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Sonora, Mexico. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 44(2): 46-48.

Grismer, L.L. 1999. An evolutionary classification of reptiles on islands in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Herpetologica 55(4): 446-469.

Minnich, J.E. 1980. Geographic distribution: Phyllodactylus homolepidurus homolepidurus. Herpetological Review 11(2): 39.

Peralta-Garcia, A.; Samaniego-Herrera, A.; Valdez-Villavicencio, J.H. 2007. Registros nuevos de reptiles en Islas del noroeste de Mexico. Acta Zoologica Mexicana Nueva Serie 23(1): 179-182.

Zweifel, R.G.; Norris, K.S. 1955. Contribution to the herpetology of Sonora, Mexico: descriptions of new subspecies of snakes (Micruroides euryxanthus and Lampropeltis getulus) and miscellaneous collecting notes. American Midland Naturalist 54: 230-249.

Phyllodactylus inaequalis

Capetillo, J.; Northland, I.; Iturra, P. 1992. Caracterizacion morfologica y cromosomica de Phyllodactylus inaequalis Cope y P. gerrhopygus (Wiegmann) (Gekkonidae). Nueva distribucion geografica en el norte de Chile. Acta Zoologica Lilloana 41: 219-224.

Goldberg, S.R. 2008. Note on reproduction of Phyllodactylus inaequalis and Phyllodactylus microphyllus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Peru. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 43(6): 98-99.

Phyllodactylus insularis

Dixon, J.R. 1960. The discovery of Phyllodactylus tuberculosus (Reptilia: Sauria) in Central America. The resurrection of P. xanti and description of a new gecko from British Honduras. Herpetologica 16: 1-11.

Platt, S.G.; Meerman, J.C.; Rainwater, T.R. 1999. Diversity, observations, and conservation of the herpetofauna of Turneffe, Lighthouse, and Glovers atolls, Belize. British Herpetological Society Bulletin 66: 1-13.

Phyllodactylus isabelae

Castro-Franco, R.; Uribe-Peña, Z. 1992. Dos subespecies nuevas de Phyllodactylus lanei (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Anales del Instituto de Biologia Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Serie Zoologia 63(1): 113-123.

Phyllodactylus kofordi

Catenazzi, A.; Donnelly, M.A. 2007. Distribution of geckos in northern Peru: long-term effect of strong ENSO events? Journal of Arid Environments 71(3): 330-336.

Schlüter, U. 2011. Haltung und Nachzucht von Kofords Blattfingergecko (Phyllodactylus kofordi Dixon & Huey, 1970). Elaphe 19(2): 39-43.

Torres-Carvajal, O.; Carvajal-Campos, A.; Barnes, C.W.; Nicholls, G.; Pozo-Andrade, M.J. 2013. A new Andean species of leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylidae: Phyllodactylus) from Ecuador. Journal of Herpetology 47(2): 384-390.

Phyllodactylus kropotkini

Phyllodactylus lanei

Arechaga Ocampo, S.; Montalban Huidobro, C.A.; Castro-Franco, R. 2008. Nuevos registros y ampliacion de la distribucion de anfibios y reptiles en el estado de Morelos, Mexico. Acta Zoologica Mexicana Nueva Serie 24(2): 231-233.

Castiglia, R.; Garcia, A.; Bezerra, A.M.R.; Flores-Villela, O.A.; Gornung, E. 2009. Karyotypic diversification due to Robertsonian rearrangements in Phyllodactylus lanei Smith, 1935 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Mexico. Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei Classe di Scienze Fisiche Matematiche e Naturali Rendiconti Lincei Scienze Fisiche e Naturali 20(1): 77-82.

Castro-Franco, R.; Torre, G.G. de la 1990. Reptiles de la Isla La Pena, Nayarit, Mexico. Anales del Instituto de Biologia Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Serie Zoologia 61(1): 175-187.

Castro-Franco, R.; Uribe-Peña, Z. 1992. Dos subespecies nuevas de Phyllodactylus lanei (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Anales del Instituto de Biologia Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Serie Zoologia 63(1): 113-123.

Davis, W.B.; Dixon, J.R. 1961. Reptiles (exclusive of snakes) of the Chilpancingo region, Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 74: 37-56.

Grant, C.; Smith, H.M. 1960. Herpetozoa from Jalisco, Mexico. Herpetologica 16: 39-43.

Mautz, W.J. 1976. Resource partitioning by lizards in a cave habitat. (Abstract). Herpetological Review 7(2): 91.

Mautz, W.J. 1982. Use of cave resources by a lizard community. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Wildlife Research Report 13: 129-134.

Mosauer, W. 1936. Description of a new Phyllodactyhus from Mexico, with remarks on the status of P. tuberculosus. Copeia 1936: 141-146.

Ramírez-Reyes, T.; Flores-Villela, O. 2018. Taxonomic changes and description of two new species for the Phyllodactylus lanei complex (Gekkota: Phyllodactylidae) in Mexico. Zootaxa 4407(2): 151–190.

Ramirez-Sandoval, E.; Ramirez-Bautista, A.; Vitt, L.J. 2006. Reproduction in the lizard Phyllodactylus lanei (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Pacific Coast of Mexico. Copeia 2006(1): 1-9.

Phyllodactylus leei

Cope, E.D. 1889. Report on the batrachians and reptiles collected in 1887-88 by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer 'Albatross'. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 12: 141-147.

Phyllodactylus leoni

Ríos-Alvear, G.D.; Gualoto, P.; Reyes-Puig, C.P. 2018. New elevational records of Phyllodactylus leoni Torres-Carvajal et al., 2013 from the southwestern slopes of the Andes in Ecuador (Reptilia, Sauria, Phyllodactylidae). Herpetology Notes 11: 769-772.

Torres-Carvajal, O.; Carvajal-Campos, A.; Barnes, C.W.; Nicholls, G.; Pozo-Andrade, M.J. 2013. A new Andean species of leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylidae: Phyllodactylus) from Ecuador. Journal of Herpetology 47(2): 384-390.

Phyllodactylus lepidopygus

Werner, F. 1901. Reptilien und Batrachier aus Peru und Bolivien. Abh. Mus. Dresden 9(2): 14 pp.

Phyllodactylus lupitae

Phyllodactylus magister

Koch, C.; Flecks, M.; Venegas, P.J.; Bialke, P.; Valverde, S.; Rödder, D. 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): 41-80.

Noble, G.K. 1924. New lizards from northwestern Peru. Occasional Papers Boston Society of Natural History 5: 107-113.

Phyllodactylus martini

Hughes, D.F.; Meshaka, W.E.; Buurt, G. van 2015. The superior colonizing gecko Hemidactylus mabouia on Curaçao: conservation implications for the native gecko Phyllodactylus martini. Journal of Herpetology 49(1): 60-63.

Laurent, R.F. 1949. Note sur quelques reptiles appartenant a la collection de l'lnstitut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. III. Formes americaines. Bull. Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belg. 25(9): 1-20.

Parker, H.W. 1935. Some lizards from Venezuela and the Dutch Leeward Islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (London) 15(16): 480-484.

Phyllodactylus microphyllus

Carrillo de Espinoza, N.; Rothenstein, D.; Salas, A.; Werner, Y.L. 1990. Radiation and convergence among desert geckos: Phyllodactylus species resembling both Ptyodactylus and Stenodactylus. Amphibia-Reptilia 11(1): 1-13.

Catenazzi, A. 2006. Natural history notes: Microlophus peruvianus (Peruvian Pacific Iguana). Saurophagy. Herpetological Review 37(1): 90.

Catenazzi, A.; Donnelly, M.A. 2007. Distribution of geckos in northern Peru: long-term effect of strong ENSO events? Journal of Arid Environments 71(3): 330-336.

Goldberg, S.R. 2008. Note on reproduction of Phyllodactylus inaequalis and Phyllodactylus microphyllus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Peru. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 43(6): 98-99.

Phyllodactylus muralis

Chrapliwy, P.S.; Fugler, C.M. 1955. Amphibians and reptiles collected in Mexico in the summer of 1953. Herpetologica 11: 121-128.

Goldberg, S.R. 2015. Nature notes: Phyllodactylus muralis. Reproduction. Mesoamerican Herpetology 2(3): 339-340.

Phyllodactylus nocticolus

Blair, C.; Mendez-de la Cruz, F.R.; Ngo, A.; Lindell, J.; Lathrop, A.; Murphy, R.W. 2009. Molecular phylogenetics and taxonomy of leaf-toed geckos (Phyllodactylidae: Phyllodactylus) inhabiting the peninsula of Baja California. Zootaxa 2027: 28-42.

Bostic, D.L. 1971. Herpetofauna of the Pacific coast of north central Baja California, Mexico, with a description of a new subspecies of Phyllodactylus xanti. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 16(10): 237-264.

Dugan, E.A.; Murray, S.S.; Mills, A.M.; Fischer, K.; Lohr, D.; Faust, T. 2017. Geographic Distribution: Phyllodactylus nocticolus (Pensula Leaf-toed Gecko). Herpetological Review 48(3): 588-589.

Phyllodactylus pachamama

Phyllodactylus palmeus

Brown, T.W.; Burg, M.P. van den; Maryon, D.F.; Arrivillaga, C. 2018. Arboreality and diet in Pacific Long-tailed Snakes, Enulius flavitorques (Squamata: Dipsadidae), and a potential adaptive hypothesis for egg attendance in Honduran Leaf-toed Geckos, Phyllodactylus palmeus (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae). IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 25(1): 31–34.

Gutsche, A.; Ohl, M. 2003. Ungewöhnlicher Todesfall eines Blattfingergeckos (Phyllodactylus palmeus Dixon, 1968). Elaphe 11(3): 48-51.

Phyllodactylus papenfussi

Murphy, R.W.; Blair, C.; Mendez-de la Cruz, F.R. 2009. A new species of leaf-toed gecko, genus Phyllodactylus (Squamata: Gekkota: Phyllodactylidae) from Guerrero, Mexico. South American Journal of Herpetology 4(1): 17-24.

Phyllodactylus paralepis

McCranie, J.R.; Hedges, S.B. 2013. A new species of Phyllodactylus (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonoidea, Phyllodactylidae) from Isla de Guanaja in the Honduran Bay Islands. Zootaxa 3694(1): 51-58.

Phyllodactylus paucituberculatus

Dixon, J.R. 1960. Two new geckos, genus Phyllodactylus (Reptilia: Sauria) from Michoacan, Mexico. Southwestern Naturalist 5: 37-42.

Murphy, R.W.; Papenfuss, T.J. 1980. Biochemical variation of Phyllodactylus unctus and P. paucituberculatus. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 8(1): 97-100.

Phyllodactylus pulcher

Grant, C. 1932. A genus of gecko new to the Greater Antilles. Journal Dept. Agric. Puerto Rico 16: 335-337.

Ruthven, A.G. 1926. The status of Phyllodactylus spatulatus Cope. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan 178: 1-2.

Williams, R.J.; Horrocks, J.; Pernetta, A. 2015. Natural history, distribution, and conservation status of the Barbados leaf-toed gecko, Phyllodactylus pulcher Gray, 1828 (Squamata, Gekkonidae). Herpetology Notes 8: 197-204.

Phyllodactylus reissii

Arizmendi, J.C.J. 2011. Notes on the ecology of Phyllodactylus reissi (Phyllodactylidae: Sauria) in Parque Nacional Cerros de Amotape (Tumbes, Peru). Revista Peruana de Biologia 18(3): 377-380.

Aurich, J.; Koch, C.; Böhme, W. 2011. Ecology of a gecko assemblage (Phyllodactylidae: Squamata) from northern Peru. North-Western Journal of Zoology 7(2): 310-317.

Aurich, J.; Koch, C.; Böhme, W. 2015. Reproduction in a gecko assemblage (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae) in the Marañon region (Peru) and comments on the largest gecko in the New World. Phyllomedusa 14(1): 53-62.

Carrillo de Espinoza, N.; Rothenstein, D.; Salas, A.; Werner, Y.L. 1990. Radiation and convergence among desert geckos: Phyllodactylus species resembling both Ptyodactylus and Stenodactylus. Amphibia-Reptilia 11(1): 1-13.

Catenazzi, A.; Donnelly, M.A. 2007. Distribution of geckos in northern Peru: long-term effect of strong ENSO events? Journal of Arid Environments 71(3): 330-336.

Goldberg, S.R. 2007. Notes on reproduction of Peter's leaf-toed gecko, Phyllodactylus reissii (Squamata, Gekkonidae), from Peru. Phyllomedusa 6(2): 147-150.

Hoogmoed, M.S. 1989. Introduced geckos in Puerto Ayoka, Santa Cruz, with remarks on other areas. Noticias de Galapagos 47: 12-16.

Jordan, J.C. 2006. Dieta de Phyllodactyllus [Phyllodactylus] reissi (Sauria: Gekkonidae) en la Zona Reservada de Tumbes, Peru. Revista Peruana de Biologia 13(1): 121-123.

Koch, C.; Flecks, M.; Venegas, P.J.; Bialke, P.; Valverde, S.; Rödder, D. 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): 41-80.

Reynolds, R.P. 1982. Programa de herpetologia. Estacion Cientifica Charles Darwin Informe Anual 1981: 51-55.

Schluter, U. 1997. Blattfingergeckos. Aquarium (Bornheim) 341: 27-28.

Schlüter, U. 2007. Pflege und Nachzucht des Peruanischen Blattfing geckos Phyllodactylus reissii Peters, 1862. Reptilia (D) 12(64): 80-83.

Torres-Carvajal, O. 2004. Herpetofauna of Isla de La Plata, Ecuador. Herpetological Review 35(1): 85.

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Phyllodactylus transversalis

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Phyllodactylus unctus

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Phyllodactylus ventralis

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Phyllodactylus xanti

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