Phyllodactylus pulcher GRAY, 1828

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Higher Taxa	Phyllodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Barbados Leaf-toed Gecko
Synonym	Phyllodactylus pulcher GRAY 1828: 3 Phyllodactylus pulcher — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1836: 397 Phyllodactylus spatulatus COPE 1863: 176 Phyllodactylus pulcher — BOULENGER 1885: 80 Phyllodactylus spatulatus — BOULENGER 1885: 81 Phyllodactylus pulcher — WERNER 1913: 3 Phyllodactylus pulcher — WERMUTH 1965: 143 Phyllodactylus pulcher — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 460 Phyllodactylus pulcher — KLUGE 1993 Phyllodactylus pulcher — RÖSLER 2000: 104
Distribution	Lesser Antilles (Barbados) Type locality: Not given; later stated by Gray, 1845, to be "Tropical South America?"
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: BMNH 1946.9.4.80. Syntype: USNM 6040 [Phyllodactylus spatulatus]
Diagnosis
Comment	Type species: Phyllodactylus pulcher GRAY 1828: 3 is the type species of the genus Phyllodactylus GRAY 1828: 3. Type genus: Phyllodactylus is also the type genus of the family Phyllodactylidae. Reproduction: for a collection of data on reproductive details in Phyllodactylidae see Rösler 2022. Abundance: Rare. This is one of the species called 'lost' and 'rediscovered' by Lindken et al. 2024.
Etymology	Named after Latin “pulcher” = beautiful, handsome, fine, fair.
References	Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp. - get paper here Cope, E.D. 1863. Contributions to Neotropical saurology. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 14 [1862]: 176-188. - get paper here Dixon, James R. 1973. Phyllodactylus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (141): 1-2 - get paper here Grant, C. 1959. Herpetology of Barbados, B.W.I. Herpetologica 15 (2): 97-101 - get paper here Gray, J. E. 1828. Spicilegia Zoologica or Original figures and short systematic descriptions of new and unfigured animals. Treüttel, Würtz, London, 12 pp. + plates (published in parts from 1828-1830) Gray, J. E. 1845. Catalogue of the specimens of lizards in the collection of the British Museum. Trustees of die British Museum/Edward Newman, London: xxvii + 289 pp. - get paper here Lindken T.; Anderson, C. V., Ariano-Sánchez, D., Barki, G., Biggs, C., Bowles, P., Chaitanya, R., Cronin, D. T., Jähnig, S. C., Jeschke, J. M., Kennerley, R. J., Lacher, T. E. Jr., Luedtke, J. A., Liu, C., Long, B., Mallon, D., Martin, G. M., Meiri, 2024. What factors influence the rediscovery of lost tetrapod species? Global Change Biology, 30: 1-18 - get paper here Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153 Rösler, Herbert 2022. Akzente der Fortpflanzungsbiologie oviparer Geckos (Squamata: Gekkota) - Charakter, Evolution, Phylogenie. Vernate 41/2022: 91-212 Ruthven, Alexander G. 1926. The status of Phyllodactylus spatulatus Cope. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (178): 1-2 - get paper here Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp. Werner, F. 1913. Neue oder seltene Reptilien und Frösche des Naturhistorischen Museums in Hamburg. Reptilien der Ostafrika-Expedition der Hamburger Geographischen Gesellschaft 1911/12. Leiter: Dr. E. Obst. Reptilien und Amphibien von Formosa. Jb. Hamb. wiss. Anst., 30 [1912], 2. Beiheft: 1-39, 40-45, 45-51 - get paper here Williams, Robert James; Julia Horrocks, Angelo Pernetta 2015. Natural history, distribution, and conservation status of the Barbados leaf-toed gecko, Phyllodactylus pulcher Gray, 1828 (Squamata, Gekkonidae). Herpetology Notes 8: 197-204 - get paper here
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