Phyllodactylus xanti is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. It is endemic to northwestern Mexico. It is also known as the leaf-toed gecko or Raza Island leaf-toed gecko when referring to the subspecies from the Isla Rasa; at present, there are altogether four recognized subspecies, while several more have been recognized previously.
Phyllodactylus xanti
John Xantus de Vesey a.k.a. de Csíktaplócza was a Hungarian exile and zoologist. Xantus was born Xántus János, in Csokonya, Somogy, Hungary.
Portrait of John Xantus by Miklós Barabás (1861)
John Xantus (right) with Andrew Jackson Grayson (1860s)