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Distribution

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Continent: South-America
Distribution: Peru (Lambayeque, perifphery of Sechura desert, western foothills of Andes and coastal Peru; Piura)
Type locality: Peru, Lambayeque, Cerro de la Vieja, Motupe

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Coastal leaf-toed gecko

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The coastal leaf-toed gecko^[1]^[2] or Tumbesian leaf-toed gecko^[3] (Phyllodactylus kofordi) is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to South America.

Taxonomy

P. kofordi was described by James R. Dixon and Raymond B. Huey in 1970.^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, kofordi, is in honor of American zoologist Carl B. Koford.^[4]

Description

P. kofordi is a small gecko with a maximum snout-vent length (SVL) of 46 mm (1.8 in).^[5]

Geographic range

P. kofordi is found in Peru and southern Ecuador.

The type locality of this gecko is the Cerro La Vieja in the Peruvian Region of Lambayeque.^[2]

Reproduction

P. kofordi is oviparous.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Venegas, P., Perez, J., Aguilar, C. & Quiroz Rodriguez, A. 2016. Phyllodactylus kofordi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T48442821A48442826. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T48442821A48442826.en. Downloaded on 1 February 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Phyllodactylus kofordi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 26 July 2015.
^ "Tumbesian Leaf-toed Gecko". Tropical Herping. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Phyllodactylus kofordi, p. 144).
^ Dixon & Huey, 1970, p. 39.

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