The Dutch leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus martini) is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to the Caribbean.

Etymology

The specific name, martini, is in honor of German geologist Johann Karl Ludwig Martin.

Geographic range

Phyllodactylus martini is found on Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, many of the Leeward Islands, and Puerto Rico.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of Phyllodactylus martini are forest and shrubland.

Reproduction

Phyllodactylus martini is oviparous.

Further reading

  • van Buurt, G. (2004). Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. ISBN 978-3930612666. 160 pp.
  • Hughes, Daniel F.; Meshaka, Walter E.; van Buurt, Gerard (2015). "The Superior Colonizing Gecko Hemidactylus mabouia on Curaçao: Conservation Implications for the Native Gecko Phyllodactylus martini". Journal of Herpetology. 49 (1): 60–63.
  • Lidth de Jeude TW (1887). "On a collection of Reptiles and Fishes from the West-Indies". Notes from the Leyden Museum 9: 129–139. (Phyllodactylus martini, new species, pp. 130–131 + Plate II, figures 2 & 3).
  • Rösler, H. (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota. 2: 28–153. (Phyllodactylus martini, p. 104). (in German).