Baur's leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus baurii) is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to the Galápagos Islands.
Etymology The specific name, baurii, is in honor of German herpetologist Georg Baur.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Phyllodactylus baurii, p. 19).
Geographic range P. baurii is found on Charles Island, including its islets Champion and Enderby, and on Hood Island.
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of P. baurii is shrubland.
Description P. baurii may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about . Dorsally, it is brownish gray, with dark brown markings. Ventrally, it is yellowish white, with minute dark brown dots.Vandenburgh (1912).
Reproduction P. baurii is oviparous. Average egg size is .
References
Further reading Garman S (1892). "The Reptiles of the Galapagos Islands. From the Collection of Dr. Geo. Baur". Bulletin of the Essex Institute 24: 73–87. (Phyllodactylus baurii, new species, pp. 82–83). Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Phyllodactylus baurii, p. 103). (in German). Torres-Carvajal O, Rodríguez-Guerra A, Chaves JA (2016). "Present diversity of Galápagos leaf-toed geckos (Phyllodactylidae: Phyllodactylus) stems from three independent colonization events". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 103: 1–5. Van Denburgh J (1912). "Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences to the Galapagos Islands, 1905–1906. VI. The Geckos of the Galapagos Archipelago". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 1: 405–430. (Phyllodactylus baurii, pp. 426–430).