Abstract
147 Species of Phyllodactylus occur in semiarid to arid regions along the Pacific coast in extreme southern California, Baja California and western Mexico through Central America, some of the Caribbean Islands, northern Colombia, southern Venezuela, the Galapagos Islands, northwestern Peru and northern Chile (Dixon 1973, Savage 2002). Peter’s Leaf-toed Gecko, Phyllodactylus reissii (Gekkonidae) is known from southern Ecuador and northwestern Peru from sea level to ca. 2000 m (Dixon and Huey 1970). Its primary habitat appears to be arid tropical scrub west of the Andes and cacti dominated areas of the northern interandian basins of Peru (Dixon and Huey 1970). To my knowledge, the only information on its reproductive biology is a report of egg clutches in Dixon and Huey (1970). The purpose of this note is to add information on the reproductive biology of P. reissii from a histological examination of gonadal material from museum specimens. The first information on the testicular cycle is presented. Information on reproduction of P. reissii is compared with that Notes on reproduction of Peters’ Leaf-toed Gecko, Phyllodactylus reissii (Squamata, Gekkonidae), from Peru
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