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South American gecko
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Gonatodes
Species: G. eladioi
Binomial name
Gonatodes eladioi
Nascimento, Ávila-Pires & Cunha, 1987

The South American gecko (Gonatodes eladioi) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Brazil.

Etymology

The specific name, eladioi, is in honor of Brazilian zoologist Eladio da Cruz Lima (1900–1943).

Geographic range

Gonatodes eladioi is found in the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso and Pará.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of G. eladioi is forest.

Description

Gonatodes eladioi may attain a snout-to-vent length of 3.4 cm (1.3 in).

Behavior

Gonatodes eladioi is diurnal.

Reproduction

Gonatodes eladioi is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ 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).
  2. ^ Gonatodes eladioi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. 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

  • 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).
Taxon identifiers
Gonatodes eladioi


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