| Aruba leaf-toed gecko | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Infraorder: | Gekkota |
| Family: | Phyllodactylidae |
| Genus: | Phyllodactylus |
| Species: | P. julieni |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllodactylus julieni Cope, 1885 | |
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.
Etymology
The specific name, julieni, is in honor of American geologist Alexis Anastay Julien.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of P. julieni is shrubland.
Behavior
P. julieni is terrestrial and nocturnal.
Reproduction
P. julieni is oviparous.
References
- ^ Van Buurt, G. (2016). "Phyllodactylus julieni (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T48443729A115401463. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T48443729A48443733.en. Downloaded on 01 February 2019.
- ^ Phyllodactylus julieni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Phyllodactylus julieni, p. 137).
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History).Second Edition. Volume III. .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I–XL. (Phyllodactylus julieni, p. 482).
- van Buurt G (2004). Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. 160 pp. ISBN 978-3930612666.
- Cope ED (1885). "Twelfth Contribution to the Herpetology of Tropical America". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 22: 167–194. (Phyllodactylus julieni, new species, pp. 180–181).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Phyllodactylus julieni, p. 104). (in German).
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Phyllodactylus julieni | |
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