Phyllodactylus delsolari

Phyllodactylus delsolari
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Gekkota
Family:	Phyllodactylidae
Genus:	Phyllodactylus
Species:	P. delsolari
Binomial name
Phyllodactylus delsolari Venegas, Townsend, Koch & Böhme, 2008

Phyllodactylus delsolari is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Peru. ^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, delsolari, is in honor of Peruvian ornithologist Gustavo del Solar (1937–2008). ^[3]

Geographic range

P. delsolari is found in the Peruvian Departments of Amazonas, Cajamarca, and La Libertad. ^{[1] [2]}

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of P. delsolari is forest, at altitudes of 890–1,870 m (2,920–6,140 ft). ^[1]

Description

Large for its genus, P. delsolari has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) greater than 7 cm (2.8 in). ^[2]

Reproduction

P. delsolari is oviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Koch, C. (2017). "Phyllodactylus delsolari ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T48442737A48442740. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T48442737A48442740.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Phyllodactylus delsolari at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Phyllodactylus delsolari, p. 69).

Further reading

• Aurich A, 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". Phyllomedusa14 (1): 53–62.
• Venegas PJ, Townsend JH, Koch C, Böhme W (2008). "Two New Sympatric Species of Leaf-toed Geckos (Gekkonidae: Phyllodactylus) from the Balsas Region of the Upper Marañon Valley, Peru". Journal of Herpetology42 (2): 386–396. (Phyllodactylus delsolari, new species).