Phyllodactylus thompsoni
Phyllodactylus thompsoni is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Peru.
Etymology
The specific name, thompsoni, is in honor of American malacologist Fred Gilbert Thompson, who was also a herpetologist and collected the holotype of this species.
P. thompsoni is found in northwestern Peru, in the regions of Amazonas, Cajamarca, and La Libertad.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of P. thompsoni are shrubland and forest, at altitudes of.
Description
P. thompsoni has an enlarged postanal scale, a character lacking in all other species of its genus in mainland South America. Not a large species, its maximum recorded snout-to-vent length is only.
Reproduction
P. thompsoni is oviparous.