Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Two specimens collected by Slevin in 1888 from San Cristobal had a mistake indentification with P. tuberculosus.

Origin: Endemic

Distribution: Endemic to an estimated 496 km2 area in San Cristobal Island Galapagos, Ecuador.

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• Olmedo, L.J. Cayot, L.J. (1994) Introduced geckos in the towns of Santa Cruz, San Cristobal and Isabela. Noticias de Galapagos 53: 7-12.
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• Slevin, J.R. (1935) An account of the reptiles inhabiting the Galápagos Islands. Bulletin New York Zoological Society 38: 1-24.
• Taylor, E.H. (1942) Some geckos of the genus Phyllodactylus. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 28: 91-112.
• Van Denburgh, J. (1907) Preliminary descriptions of four new races of gigantic land tortoises from the Galapagos Islands. Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences to the Galápagos Islands, 1905-1906. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 1: 1-6.