Gonatodes purpurogularis ESQUEDA, 2004

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Higher Taxa	Sphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Gonatodes purpurogularis ESQUEDA 2004
Distribution	Venezuela (Barinas) Type locality: Balneario en el río Piedra Blancas, población de Calderas. Municipio Bolívar, Estado Barinas, Venezuela (8°55'05" N, 70°27'01" W); approx. 800 m elevation.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: ULABG 5585, adult male
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: ESQUEDA 2004
Comment	Behavior: mainly diurnal
Etymology	“El nombre específico deriva de las palabras en Latín purpura (púrpura) y gula (garganta), de acuerdo con Brown (1978), en alusión a la coloración en vida de la garganta de los machos.” [ESQUEDA 2004]
References	Esqueda, L.F. 2004. Una nueva especie de Gonatodes (Squamata:Gekkonidae) proveniente del piedemonte cisandino de Venezuela. Herpetotropicos 1 (4): 32-39 - get paper here RIVAS, GILSON A.; CÉSAR R. MOLINA, GABRIEL N. UGUETO, TITO R. BARROS, CÉSAR L. BAR- RIO-AMORÓS & PHILIPPE J. R. KOK 2012. Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist. Zootaxa 3211: 1–64 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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