Phyllodactylus papenfussi
Phyllodactylus papenfussi is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Mexico.[1]
| Phyllodactylus papenfussi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Phyllodactylidae |
| Genus: | Phyllodactylus |
| Species: | P. papenfussi |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllodactylus papenfussi Murphy, Blair & de la Cruz, 2009 | |
Etymology
The specific name, papenfussi, is in honor of American herpetologist Theodore Johnstone Papenfuss (born 1941).[2]
References
- Phyllodactylus papenfussi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- 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 papenfussi, p. 200).
Further reading
- Murphy, Robert W.; Blair, Christopher; de la Cruz, Fausto R. Mendez (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 papenfussi, new species).
- Palacios-Aguilar, Ricardo; Flores-Villela, Oscar (2018). "An updated checklist of the herpetofauna from Guerrero, Mexico". Zootaxa 4422 (1): 1-24.
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