South American gecko
| South American gecko | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Sphaerodactylidae |
| Genus: | Gonatodes |
| Species: | G. eladioi
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| Binomial name | |
| Gonatodes eladioi | |
The South American gecko (Gonatodes eladioi) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Brazil.[2]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, eladioi, is in honor of Brazilian zoologist Eladio da Cruz Lima (1900–1943).[3]
Geographic range
[edit]Gonatodes eladioi is found in the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso[1] and Pará.[1][2]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of G. eladioi is forest.[1]
Description
[edit]Gonatodes eladioi may attain a snout-to-vent length of 3.4 cm (1.3 in).[1][2]
Behavior
[edit]Gonatodes eladioi is diurnal.[2]
Reproduction
[edit]Gonatodes eladioi is oviparous.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Silveira AL et al. (20 authors) (2021). "Gonatodes eladioi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T66083156A66083160.pt. Accessed on 06 November 2022. (in English and Portuguese).
- ^ a b c d e Gonatodes eladioi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Gonatodes eladioi, p. 82).
Further reading
[edit]- Ávila-Pires TCS (1995). "Lizards of Brazilian Amazonia (Reptilia: Squamata)". Zoologische Verhandelingen (299): 1–706. (Gonatodes eladioi, p. 264).
- Gamble T, Simons AM, Colli GR, Vitt LJ (2008). "Tertiary climate change and the diversification of the Amazonian gecko genus Gonatodes (Sphaerodactylidae, Squamata)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 46 (1): 269–277.
- Nascimento FP, Ávila-Pires TCS, Cunha OR (1987). "Os repteis da area de Carajas, Pará, Brasil (Squamata)". Boletim do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, Nova Serie Zoologia 3 (1): 33–65. (Gonatodes eladioi, new species). (in Portuguese).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Gonatodes eladioi, p. 84). (in German).
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