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Species of lizard

Homonota darwinii
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Infraorder: Gekkota
Family: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Homonota
Species: H. darwinii
Binomial name
Homonota darwinii
Boulenger, 1885

Homonota darwinii, also known commonly as Darwin's marked gecko or the prickly gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Argentina. There are two recognized subspecies.

Etymology

The specific name, darwinii, is in honor of English naturalist Charles Darwin, author of On the Origin of Species.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of H. darwinii are grassland, shrubland, and forest.

Reproduction

H. darwinii is oviparous.

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.

References

  1. ^ Arzamendia, V.; Fitzgerald, L.; Giraudo, A.; Kacoliris, F.; Montero, R.; Pelegrin, N.; Scrocchi, G.; Williams, J. (2016). "Homonota darwinii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T56234119A56234126. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T56234119A56234126.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Homonota darwinii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 26 January 2019.
  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. (Homonota darwinii, p. 65).

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I–XXXII. (Homonota darwinii, new species, pp. 21–22 + Plate III, figures 7, 7a, 7b).
  • Cei JM (1978). "Homonota darwinii macrocephala, n. subsp., del noroeste de Argentina (Sauria, Gekkonidae)". Publicaciones Ocasionales, Instituto de Biologia Animal, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza Argentina (4): 1–4. (Homonota darwinii macrocephala, new subspecies). (in Spanish).
  • Pérez CH, Minoli I (2014). "Depredación de Homonota darwinii Laurent, 1984 (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae) por Bothriurus burmeisteri Kraepelin, 1894 (Scorpiones: Bothriuridae) en la Provincia del Chubut, Argentina". Cuadernos de Herpetología 28 (2): 1–2. (in Spanish).


Taxon identifiers
Homonota darwinii


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