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Phyllodactylus thompsoni
Phyllodactylus thompsoni is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Peru.
From the article Phyllodactylus thompsoni on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
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).
Range & habitat
P. thompsoni is found in northwestern Peru, in the regions (formerly departments) of Amazonas, Cajamarca, and La Libertad.
Wikipedia: “Geographic range”
In human culture
The specific name, thompsoni, is in honor of American malacologist Fred Gilbert Thompson (1934–2016), who was also a herpetologist and collected the holotype of this species.
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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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 109384.