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Phyllopezus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Reptilia

Infraorder
  
Gekkota

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Scaled reptiles

Subphylum
  
Vertebrata

Suborder
  
Sauria

Family
  
Phyllodactylidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phyllopezus wwwreptariumczcontentphotord00Phyllopezusl

Similar
  
Scaled reptiles, Phyllodactylidae, Gymnodactylus, Coleodactylus, Homonota

Phyllopezus lutzae juvenil


Phyllopezus is a genus of South American geckos, which contains four described species.

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Habitat

Phyllopezus Phyllopezus maranjonensis The Reptile Database

Phyllopezus species occur in a variety of open and forested habitats across South America including Caatinga, Cerrado, Chaco, seasonally dry tropical forest, and Atlantic Forest.

Taxonomy

Phyllopezus pollicaris is composed of numerous undescribed species.

Species and subspecies

The following species and subspecies are recognized.

Phyllopezus Phyllopezus pollicaris The Reptile Database

  • Lutz's gecko, Phyllopezus lutzae (Loveridge, 1941)
  • Marañon giant gecko, Phyllopezus maranjonensis Koch, Venegas & Böhme, 2006
  • Peraiba gecko, Phyllopezus periosus Rodrigues, 1986
  • Brazilian gecko, Phyllopezus pollicaris (Spix, 1825)
  • Phyllopezus pollicaris pollicaris (Spix, 1825)
  • Phyllopezus pollicaris przewalskii Koslowsky, 1895

    • Phyllopezus CHACO LEAFTOED GECKO Phyllopezus pollicaris FAUNA PARAGUAY

    Nota bene: An authority in parentheses indicates that the species or subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Phyllopezus.

    Phyllopezus Phyllopezus cf pollicaris Ana MonteiroLeonel Flickr

    References

    Phyllopezus Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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