{"id":3070,"date":"2026-10-16T06:17:39","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T13:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/?p=3070"},"modified":"2026-10-16T06:17:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T13:17:43","slug":"san-lucan-gecko-in-the-lower-baja-cliffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/lizards\/san-lucan-gecko-in-the-lower-baja-cliffs\/","title":{"rendered":"San Lucan Gecko in the Lower Baja Cliffs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A San Lucan Gecko from the southern end of Baja California Sur, Mexico. This species is endemic to the Cape region, where it does well in the rocky cliffs that you&#8217;ve probably seen as a backdrop in countless vacation photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"850\" src=\"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-content\/uploads\/Phyllodactylus-unctus_O4A0103-1200x850.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-content\/uploads\/Phyllodactylus-unctus_O4A0103-1200x850.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-content\/uploads\/Phyllodactylus-unctus_O4A0103-752x533.jpg 752w, https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-content\/uploads\/Phyllodactylus-unctus_O4A0103-768x544.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-content\/uploads\/Phyllodactylus-unctus_O4A0103-1536x1089.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-content\/uploads\/Phyllodactylus-unctus_O4A0103-2048x1451.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blair, C., M\u00e9ndez-de la Cruz, F. R., Ngo, A., Lindell, J., Lathrop, A., &amp; Murphy, R. W. (2009). Molecular phylogenetics and taxonomy of leaf-toed geckos (Phyllodactylidae: <em>Phyllodactylus<\/em>) inhabiting the peninsula of Baja California. <em>Zootaxa, 2027<\/em>, 28\u201342.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grismer, L. L. (1999). An evolutionary classification of reptiles on islands in the Gulf of California, Mexico. <em>Herpetologica, 55<\/em>(4), 446\u2013469.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A San Lucan Gecko from the southern end of Baja California Sur, Mexico. This species is endemic to the Cape region, where it does well in the rocky cliffs that you&#8217;ve probably seen as a backdrop in countless vacation photos. Blair, C., M\u00e9ndez-de la Cruz, F. R., Ngo, A., Lindell, J., Lathrop, A., &amp; Murphy, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3071,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[137,827,828,829],"tags":[234,235,394,171],"class_list":["post-3070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lizards","category-phyllodactylidae","category-phyllodactylus","category-unctus","tag-baja-california-sur","tag-endemic","tag-beach","tag-mexico"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3070"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3072,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3070\/revisions\/3072"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}