| Phyllodactylus papenfussi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Infraorder: | Gekkota |
| Family: | Phyllodactylidae |
| Genus: | Phyllodactylus |
| Species: | P. papenfussi |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllodactylus papenfussi Murphy, Blair & de la Cruz, 2009 | |
Phyllodactylus papenfussi is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Mexico.
Etymology
The specific name, papenfussi, is in honor of American herpetologist Theodore Johnstone Papenfuss (born 1941).
Geographic range
P. papenfussi is found in the Mexican state of Guerrero.
References
- ^ Phyllodactylus papenfussi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- 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 papenfussi, p. 200).
Further reading
- Murphy, Robert W.; Blair, Christopher; de la Cruz, Fausto R. Mendez (2009). "A new species of leaf-toed gecko, genus Phyllodactylus (Squamata: Gekkota: Phyllodactylidae) from Guerrero, Mexico". South American Journal of Herpetology 4 (1): 17–24. (Phyllodactylus papenfussi, new species).
- Palacios-Aguilar, Ricardo; Flores-Villela, Oscar (2018). "An updated checklist of the herpetofauna from Guerrero, Mexico". Zootaxa 4422 (1): 1-24.
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| Phyllodactylus papenfussi | |
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