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Gonatodes annularis BOULENGER, 1887

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Higher TaxaSphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Annulated Gecko
Portuguese: Briba, Lagartixa, Osga 
SynonymGonatodes annularis BOULENGER 1887: 154
Gonatodes annularis — BOULENGER 1887: 481
Gonatodes boonii LIDTH DE JEUDE 1904: 87
Gonatodes beebei NOBLE 1923: 301
Gonatodes annularis — VANZOLINI 1955: 122
Gonatodes beebei — VANZOLINI 1955: 122
Gonatodes boonii — VANZOLINI 1955: 122
Gonatodes annularis — WERMUTH 1965: 42
Gonatodes beebei — WERMUTH 1965: 43
Gonatodes boonii — WERMUTH 1965: 43
Gonatodes annularis — GORZULA & SEÑARIS 1999
Gonatodes annularis — AVILA-PIRES et al. 2007 
DistributionAntilles, E Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil (Amapa, Pará, Amazonas)

Type locality: Maccasseema on Pomeroon River, British Guyana.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes BMNH 1946.8.22.97−98
Holotype: RMNH 4462, type-locality: Coppename river basin, Suriname [Gonatodes boonii]
Holotype: AMNH 21251, type-locality: “Kartabo, British Guiana” [Gonatodes beebei] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Gonatodes with proximal subdigital lamellae narrower than digits, in total 24-30 under fourth toe. Three or four lateral rows of scales on distal part of fingers and toes. Tail ventrally with moderately enlarged midventrals, tending to a repetitive sequence of two single midventrals (one after the other), each in contact with one latero-distal scale per side, followed by a divided midventral in contact with two latero-distal scales per side. Scales around midbody 90-99. Ventrals 41-49. Males in life usually with head and anterior part of body vividly covered with yellow spots (light spots in preserved specimens); in some specimens such spotsare missing; iris blue.


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CommentBehavior: mainly diurnal

Distribution: not in Panama fide Lotzkat (pers. comm. 23 Dec 2015, Jaramillo et al. 2010).

Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. 
EtymologyNamed after the diminutive form (“annul-”) of Latin “anus” = ring. 
References
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  • Avila-Pires, T.C.S.; Hoogmoed, M.S. & Vitt, L.J. 2007. Herpetofauna da Amazônia. Herpetologia no Brasil, pp. 13-43
  • Barrio-Amorós, C.L. 2010. GONATODES - Los Geckos diurnos de Venezuela. RioVerde 2010; 43-50
  • Boulenger, G. A. 1887. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) III. Lacertidae, Gerrhosauridae, Scincidae, Anelytropsidae, Dibamidae, Chamaeleontidae. London: 575 pp. - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G. A. 1887. On a new geckoid lizard from British Guiana. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1887: 153-154. - get paper here
  • Cole, C.J. & Kok, P.J. 2006. New Species of Gekkonid Lizard (Sphaerodactylinae: Gonatodes) from Guyana, South America. American Museum Novitates (3524): 1-16 - get paper here
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