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Homonota underwoodi

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Homonota underwoodi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Homonota
Species:
H. underwoodi
Binomial name
Homonota underwoodi
Kluge, 1964

Homonota underwoodi is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Argentina.[2]

Etymology

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The specific name, underwoodi, is in honor of British herpetologist Garth Leon Underwood (1919–2002).[3]

Geographic range

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H. underwoodi is found in the Argentinian provinces of Catamarca, La Rioja, Mendoza, Río Negro, and San Juan.[2]

Habitat

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The preferred natural habitat of H. underwoodi is shrubland.[1]

Reproduction

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H. underwoodi is oviparous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Arzamendia, V.; Fitzgerald, L.; Giraudo, A.; Kacoliris, F.; Montero, R.; Pelegrin, N.; Scrocchi, G.; Williams, J. (2016). "Homonota underwoodi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T56234232A56234235. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T56234232A56234235.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Homonota underwoodi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 26 January 2019.
  3. ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Homonota underwoodi, p. 270).

Further reading

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  • Ávila LJ, Martinez LE, Morando M (2013). "Checklist of lizards and amphibaenians of Argentina: an update". Zootaxa 3616 (3): 201–238.
  • Kluge AG (1964). "A Revision of the South American Lizard Genus Homonota Gray". American Museum Novitates (2193): 1–41. (Homonota underwoodi, new species, pp. 25–28, Figure 7).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Homonota underwoodi, p. 89). (in German).