Phyllodactylus maresi

Familia: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Phyllodactylus
Species:

Phyllodactylus maresi Lanza, 1973

• Holotype: MZUF 15325, adult ♀, collected by Benedetto Lanza on 26 December 1971.
• Type locality: “Mares Islet” (-0.2356, -90.57467; 0 m), Galápagos, Ecuador.

• Phyllodactylus galapagensis maresi Lanza, 1973 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Phyllodactylus maresi — Arteaga et al., 2019: 177 [subsequent combination, elevated to species]

• Ecuador: Galápagos Islands: Bartolomé, Marchena, Santiago and Rábida islands, and Mares Islet.

• Lanza, B. 1973. On some Phyllodactylus from the Galapagos Islands (Reptilia Gekkonidae). pp. 1–35 In: Publicato a Cura del Museo Zoologico dell’Università di Firenze.
• 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. & Guayasamin, J.M. (Eds.). Reptiles of the Galápagos: Life on the Enchanted Islands. Tropical Herping: Quito. ISBN 978-9942-36-547-7 Reference page. 

• Torres-Carvajal, O., Castaño, P.A., Rincón, E., Ayala-Varela, F., Campbell, K., Cabrera, W. & Moreno, F. 2025. Phylogeny, phylogeography, and conservation of a rediscovered gecko from the Galápagos Islands. PLoS One 20(6): e0324659. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0324659 Reference page. 

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Phyllodactylus maresi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 17 March 2021.