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Phyllodactylus thompsoni
Species of lizard From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Phyllodactylus thompsoni is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Peru.[2]
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Etymology
The specific name, thompsoni, is in honor of American malacologist Fred Gilbert Thompson (1934–2016),[3] who was also a herpetologist and collected the holotype of this species.[2]
Geographic range
P. thompsoni is found in northwestern Peru, in the regions (formerly departments) of Amazonas, Cajamarca, and La Libertad.[2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of P. thompsoni are shrubland and forest, at altitudes of 900–1,880 m (2,950–6,170 ft).[1]
Description
P. thompsoni has an enlarged postanal scale, a character lacking in all other species of its genus in mainland South America. Not a large species, its maximum recorded snout-to-vent length (SVL) is only 4.2 cm (1.7 in).[2]
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