Goias gecko
Appearance
Goias gecko | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Sphaerodactylidae |
Genus: | Coleodactylus |
Species: | C. brachystoma
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Binomial name | |
Coleodactylus brachystoma (Amaral, 1935)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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The Goias gecko (Coleodactylus brachystoma) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Brazil.
Geographic range
[edit]C. brachystoma is found in the Brazilian states of Goiás, Mato Grosso, and Piauí.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]C. brachystoma is oviparous.[1]
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Albuquerque Brandão, Reuber; Motta, Paulo Cesar (2005). "Circumstantial evidences for mimicry of scorpions by the neotropical gecko Coleodactylus brachystoma (Squamata, Gekkonidae) in the Cerrados of central Brazil". Phyllomedusa 4 (2): 139–145.
- Amaral A (1935). "Estudos sobre lacertilios Neotropicos. III. Um novo genero e duas novas especies de geckonideos e uma nova raça de amphisbenideo, procedentes do Brasil central ". Memórias do Instituto Butantan 9: 251–256. (Homonota brachystoma, new species, p. 254). (in Portuguese).