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Borelli's marked gecko

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Species of lizard

Borelli's marked gecko
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Homonota
Species: H. borellii
Binomial name
Homonota borellii
(Peracca, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Gymnodactylus borellii
    Peracca, 1897
  • Homonota borellii
    — Kluge, 1964

Borelli's marked gecko (Homonota borellii) is a species of gecko in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to South America.

Etymology

The specific name, borellii, is in honor of French-born Italian ornithologist Alfredo Borelli.

Geographic range

H. borrellii is found in Argentina and Paraguay.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of H. borellii are grassland, shrubland, and savanna.

Reproduction

H. borellii is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Arzamendia, V.; Fitzgerald, L.; Giraudo, A.; Kacoliris, F.; Montero, R.; Pelegrin, N.; Scrocchi, G.; Williams, J. (2016). "Homonota borellii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T56234098A56234103. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T56234098A56234103.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Homonota borellii 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 borellii, p. 32).

Further reading

  • Gallardo JM (1969). "Las especies de saurios (Reptilia) de la Provincia de Santa Fe, Argentina, y consideraciones sobre su ecologia y zoogeografia". Neotropica 15 (47): 73–81. (in Spanish).
  • Peracca MG (1897). "Viaggio del Dott. Alfredo Borelli nel Chaco boliviano e nella Repubblica Argentina. Rettili ed Anfibi ". Bolletino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della R. Università di Torino 12 (274): 1–19. (Gymnodactylus borellii, new species, pp. 2–3). (in Italian).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Homonota borellii, p. 89). (in German).
Taxon identifiers
Homonota borellii


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