Phyllodactylus maresi

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Mares's leaf-toed gecko
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Phyllodactylus
Species:
P. maresi
Binomial name
Phyllodactylus maresi
Lanza, 1973

Mares's leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus maresi) is a species of gecko. It is endemic to the Galapagos Islands. [1]

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