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Aruba Leaf-toed Gecko
Phyllodactylus julieni
The Aruba leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus julieni) is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Aruba in the Caribbean.
From the article Aruba leaf-toed gecko on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The Aruba leaf-toed gecko is a fawn or pale brown gecko with 6 or 7 transverse brownish bands along the back and between 10 and 12 on the tail. The lips are typically a mottled brown and cream.
Range & habitat
The Aruba leaf-tailed gecko is endemic to Aruba, a constituent island country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in the southern Caribbean Sea. The preferred natural habitat of P. julieni is shrubland. It may ben being competitively excluded from built up areas of Aruba by the invavsive Tropical house gecko (Hemidactylus mabouia) but these species has not penetrated more natural habitats on the island.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
In human culture
The Aruba leaf-toed gecko is a member of the genus Phyllodactylus, this neame being a combination of the Greek words phyllon, which means "leaf") and daktylos, meaning "finger", a reference to the leaf-shaped fingers characteristic of these geckos. The specific name, julieni, is in honor of American geologist Alexis Anastay Julien.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Phyllodactylus julieni in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 33980.