Phyllodactylus ruPinus Dixon, 1964

Ramírez-Reyes, Tonatiuh & Flores-Villela, Oscar, 2018, Taxonomic changes and description of two new species for the Phyllodactylus lanei complex (Gekkota: Phyllodactylidae) in Mexico, Zootaxa 4407 (2), pp. 151-190 : 175

Phyllodactylus ruPinus Dixon, 1964

Holotype. Adult male. KU 67501, collected by James R. Dixon. Mike Sabath, and Richard Worthington. from 7 miles south Lombardia , on the bank of the Rio Marquez. Michoacan. Elevation 461 meters, August 25, 1960 .

Diagnosis. A medium-sized gecko although on average larger than P. kropotkini ; it presents 28 tubercles from head to tail, similar to P. lupitae (28.8) and P. kropotkini (28.4). It differs from P. isabelae (32.2), P. lanei (33.2), P. benedettii (27.4), P. t. magnus (37), P. muralis (33.6) and P. tuberculosus (36.4) in tubercular counts. Phyllodactylus rupinus presents 14 rows of tubercles across its dorsum similar to P. t. magnus (14.3) and P. tuberculosus (14), and differs from P. isabelae (16.7), P. lupitae (14.8), P. lanei (15.6), P. benedettii (13.8), P. kropotkini (13.4) and P. muralis (12.2). Phyllodactylus rupinus is clearly differentiated from other gecko species because it presents 26.5 scales across venter, while the others present: P. isabelae (27.8), P. lupitae (24.6), P. lanei (30), P. benedettii (29.1), P. kropotkini (30.6), P. t. magnus (27.33), P. muralis (33) and P. tuberculosus (30.2).

Distribution. This species is restricted to the locality of Lombardia, Michoacan.