Phyllodactylus sp. nov. 'Rabida Island'
Rabida leaf-toed gecko
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 5,700-8,540 yBP (Steadman et al., 1991 fide Torres-Carvajal et al., 2025)
Rediscovered in: 2012 (photograph) (Campbell et al., 2023); October 2019 (tissue samples) (Torres-Carvajal et al., 2025); 5-7 August 2021 (specimens) (Torres-Carvajal et al., 2025)
Distribution & Habitat
Rabida Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Arteaga, A., Bustamante, L., Vieira, J., Tapia, W., Carrión, J., Guayasamin, J. M. (2019). Two new species of leaf-toed geckos (Phyllodactylus) from Isabela Island, Galápagos Archipelago, Ecuador, pp. 174-187. In: Arteaga, A., Bustamante, L., Vieira, J., Tapia, W. and Guayasamin, J. M. (eds.). Reptiles of the Galápagos. Quito, Ecuador: Tropical Herping.
Campbell, K. J., Carrion, V. and Sevilla, C. (2013). Increasing the scale of successful invasive rodent eradications in the Galápagos Islands. In: Cayot, L. J., Cruz, D. and Knab, R. (eds.). Galapagos Report 2011-2012. Galápagos, Ecuador: GNPS, GCREG, CDF & GC.
Steadman, David W., Stafford, T. W., Donahue, D. J. and Jull, A. J. (1991). Chronology of Holocene vertebrate extinction in the Galápagos Islands. Quaternary Research 36(1): 126-133.
Swash, A. and Still, R. (2005). Birds, mammals, and reptiles of the Galápagos Islands: an identification guide. Second ed. New Haven, USA: Yale University Press. [p. 168]
Torres-Carvajal, O., Castaño, P. A., Rincón, E., Ayala-Varela, F., Campbell, K., Cabrera, W. and Moreno, F. (2025). Phylogeny, phylogeography, and conservation of a rediscovered gecko from the Galápagos Islands. PLoS One 20(6): e0324659. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0324659
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