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Lizards of Zihuatanejo

SUBORDER​ SAURIA

Lane's Leaf-toed Gecko

Phyllodactylus lanei

-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Chordates (Phylum Chordata)

-Vertebrates (Subphylum Vertebrata)

-Reptiles (Class Reptilia)

-​Snakes and Lizards (Order Squamata)

-Lizards (Suborder​ Sauria)

-​Geckos (Infraorder Gekkota)

-Phyllodactylid Geckos (Family Phyllodactylidae)

-​Leaf-toed Geckos (Genus Phyllodactylus)

-Lane's Leaf-toed Gecko (Phyllodactylus lanei)


Lane´s Leaf-toed Gecko (Phyllodactylus lanei) is endemic to Mexico. Phyllodactylus lanei inhabits boulders, cliffs, and trees in the dry forest, thorn scrub, mangrove forest and it is usually found in human constructions, from the sea level to approximately 1,425 m. They are insectivores.

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