Lygodactylus wetzeli (SMITH, MARTIN & SWAIN, 1977)

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: South American Dwarf Gecko Portuguese: Briba, Lagartixa-Anã
Synonym	Vanzoia wetzeli SMITH, MARTIN & SWAIN 1977: 196 Lygodactylus wetzeli — BONS & PASTEUR 1977 Lygodactylus wetzeli — KLUGE 1993 Vanzoia wetzeli — RÖSLER 2000: 120 Lygodactylus wetzli — UETANABARO et al. 2007 (in error) Lygodactylus wetzeli — CACCIALI et al. 2016
Distribution	Brazil (Matto Grosso do Sul), N Paraguay, E Bolivia (Santa Cruz, Tarija) Type locality: Brasil, Mato Grosso do Sul, Urucum
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MZUSP 7722, an adult male (Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo)
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A species having the characters of the genus Vanzoia, but differing from V. klugei in having more numerous preanal pores (7 vs 3-5); escutcheon not involving shank, but large on abdomen; no porelike escutcheon scales following preanal pores (Smith et al. 1977: 199).
Comment	South American Lygodactylus presumably resulted from a single trans-Atlantic dispersal event 29 Mya (Lanna et al. 2018).
Etymology	Named after Ralph M. Wetzel, “in recognition of his pioneering efforts to open the Chaco Boreal of Paraguay to study of its modern vertebrate fauna”.
References	Bons & PASTEUR 1977. nan C.R. Acad. Sci. paris 284: 2547 Cacciali, P., Sforza, L., Reyes, P., & Marchi, P. 2026. Documenting mating behavior in a rare dwarf gecko: first field data on Lygodactylus wetzeli (Smith, Martin & Swain 1977)(Squamata: Gekkonidae). Natural History Sciences - get paper here Cacciali, Pier; Norman J. Scott, Aida Luz Aquino Ortíz, Lee A. Fitzgerald, and Paul Smith 2016. The Reptiles of Paraguay: Literature, Distribution, and an Annotated Taxonomic Checklist. SPECIAL PUBLICATION OF THE MUSEUM OF SOUTHWESTERN BIOLOGY, NUMBER 11: 1–373 - get paper here Ceríaco, L. M., & PASSOS, P. 2023. Historical natural history collections allow the description of a new and presumably extinct species of dwarf gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Lygodactylus Gray, 1864) from Fernando de Noronha Island, Brazil. An Acad Bras Cienc, 95(3), e20230222 Gómez-Murillo, Pedro; Oliver Quinteros-Muñoz, Enrique Domic, Teresa Camacho-Badani, Romeo Rojas-Estrada, Irene Arellano-Martín, Rodrigo Aguayo, Lucindo Gonzales, Luis F. Esqueda, Carlos Urdiales Alonso, Dennis E. Lizarro (†), Edson Cortez, Mauricio O 2025. Catalogue of the reptiles (Reptilia) of Bolivia: checklist, distribution and literature. Cuadernos de Herpetología 39(S1):2-185 - get paper here Gonzáles, L. 1998. La herpetofauna del Izozog. Ecol. Bolivia 31: 45-51. Gonzales, Lucindo; Arturo Muñoz y Edson Cortez 2006. PRIMER REPORTE SOBRE LA HERPETOFAUNA DE LA RESERVA NATURAL “EL CORBALÁN”, TARIJA, BOLIVIA [FIRST REPORT ON THE HERPETOFAUNA OF “EL CORBALAN” NATURAL RESERVE, TARIJA, BOLIVIA]. Kempffiana 2 (1): 72-94 - 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 Lanna, F.M., Werneck, F.P., Gehara, M., Fonseca, E.M., Colli, G.R., Sites, J.W. Jr., Rodrigues, M.T., Garda, A.A. 2018. The evolutionary history of Lygodactylus lizards in the South American open diagonal. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution - get paper here Peñaranda-Barrios, E.M. & J.M. Castro (Eds.). 2017. Huacareta, un área de exploración entre el bosque Tucumano boliviano, Chaco serrano y Chaqueño al sur de Bolivia. Historia Natural y Guía Ilustrada de Flora y Fauna. Shell Bolivia Corporation, Sucursal Bolivia-GeoAmbiente Ltda., Departamentos de Tarija y Chuquisaca-Bolivia. 495 p Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153 Smith, H. M., R. L. Martin, and T. A. Swain. 1977. A new genus and two new species of South American geckos (Reptilia: Lacertilia). Pap. Avulsos Zool. 30: 195—213 - get paper here Strussman,C. & de Carvalho,M.A. 1998. New herpetological records for the state of Mato Grosso, western Brazil. Herpetological Review 29 (3): 183-185 - get paper here Uetanabaro, Masao; Franco Leandro Souza, Paulo Landgref Filho,<br />Arlindo Figueira Beda & Reuber Albuquerque Brandão 2007. Anfíbios e répteis do Parque Nacional da Serra da Bodoquena, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil. Biota Neotropica 7 (3) - get paper here
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