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Gymnodactylus guttulatus VANZOLINI, 1982

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Higher TaxaPhyllodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Brazilian Naked-toed Gecko
Portuguese: Briba 
SynonymGymnodactylus guttulatus VANZOLINI 1982
Gymnodactylus guttulatus — RÖSLER 2000: 85
Gymnodactylus guttulatus — CASSIMIRO & RODRIGUES 2009 
DistributionBrazil (Minas Gerais, S Guinda Serra do Espinhaço)

Type locality: Brasil, Minas Gerais, Guinda, 1320-1360 m, (18°15’S, 43°41’W),  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MZUSP 56372 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Dorsal tubercles conical, blunt, scattered, poorly aligned in front, a little better organized on the hind part of the trunk. Tibial region with tubercles similar to the dorsal ones. A small but distinct hypothenar tubercle. Tips of digits with slightly raised scales. Mate with numerous small light spots on the back; female with broad indistinct transverse bands darker than the grayish-brown ground color [from VANZOLINI 1982]. 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Latin guttula, little drop + Latin -atus, having, having a, provided with. (VANZOLINI 1982, Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., April 2024) 
References
  • CASSIMIRO, JOSÉ & MIGUEL T. RODRIGUES. 2009. A new species of lizard genus Gymnodactylus Spix, 1825 (Squamata: Gekkota: Phyllodactylidae) from Serra do Sincorá, northeastern Brazil, and the status of G. carvalhoi Vanzolini, 2005. Zootaxa 2008: 38-52 - get paper here
  • Gonzalez R. C. et al. 2020. Lista dos Nomes Populares dos Répteis no Brasil – Primeira Versão. Herpetologia Brasileira 9 (2): 121 – 214 - get paper here
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
  • Vanzolini P E 1982. A new Gymnodactylus from Minas Gerais, Brasil, with remarks on the genus on the area and on the montane endemisms in Brasil (Sauria, Gekkonidae). Pap. Avul. Zool., Sao Paulo 34(29) 1982: 403-413 - get paper here
 
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