| Barbados Leaf-toed Gecko | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Subfamily: | Gekkoninae |
| Genus: | Phyllodactylus |
| Species: | P. pulcher Gray, 1830 |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllodactylus pulcher |
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| Synonyms | |
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Phyllodactylus spatulatus - Cope, 1863 |
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Barbados Leaf-toed Gecko (Phyllodactylus pulcher) is a gecko species endemic to the Caribbean island-nation of Barbados. It is the only known leaf-toed gecko in the Lesser Antilles.
It has a maximum snout-to-vent length of 62 mm. It has a cream ground color, with a dark line extending from its nostril, through its eye, to its shoulder. Its dorsal surface has variable markings: either brown mottling, broad brown crossbands, or longitudinal brown lines.[1]
Little is known about the species' habits and distribution. It is presumed nocturnal, arboreal, and insectivorous. It is considered rare, with few known localities, but its range has not yet been systematically studied.[2]