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Peninsular Leaf-toed Gecko - Phyllodactylus nocticolus
Salamanquesa Insular
Dixon, 1964| Species Description |
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| Adult, Cataviña, Baja California (found hiding under rock during daytime) | ||
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| Dark adult from dark lava rock habitat, Baja California © Stuart Young |
Dark adult from dark lava rock habitat, Baja California © Stuart Young |
Juvenile, Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California |
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| Habitat, Cataviña, Baja California | Habitat, Cataviña, Baja California | Habitat, near Bahia De Los Angeles, Baja California |
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| Habitat, near Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California |
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| Short Videos of this Species | ||
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| A leaf-toed gecko crawls around on a large rock outcrop at night. | A huge gravid female leaf-toed gecko with no tail runs around on a big boulder at night. | |
| References: Grismer, L. Lee. Amphibians and Reptiles of Baja California, Including Its Pacific Islands and the Islands in the Sea of Cortés. The University of California Press, 2002. McPeak, Ron H. Amphibians and Reptiles of Baja California. Sea Challengers, 2000. Samuel M. McGinnis and Robert C. Stebbins. Peterson Field Guide to Western Reptiles & Amphibians. 4th Edition. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2018. Stebbins, Robert C. A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians. 3rd Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2003. The Reptile Database San Diego Natural History Museum |
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