Phyllodactylus thompsoni

Phyllodactylus thompsoni is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Peru.

Etymology
The specific name, thompsoni, is in honor of American malacologist Fred Gilbert Thompson (1934–2016), who was also a herpetologist and collected the holotype of this species.

Geographic range
P. thompsoni is found in northwestern Peru, in the regions (formerly departments) of Amazonas, Cajamarca, and La Libertad.

Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of P. thompsoni are shrubland and forest, at altitudes of 900 –.

Description
P. thompsoni has an enlarged postanal scale, a character lacking in all other species of its genus in mainland South America. Not a large species, its maximum recorded snout-to-vent length (SVL) is only 4.2 cm.

Reproduction
P. thompsoni is oviparous.