Homonota williamsii ÁVILA, PEREZ, MINOLI & MORANDO, 2012
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Homonota williamsii
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| Higher Taxa | Phyllodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Synonym | Homonota williamsii ÁVILA, PEREZ, MINOLI & MORANDO 2012 Gymnodactylus gaudichaudii — BELL 1843 Homonota guidichaudi (in error) — GRAY, 1845: 171 Homonota darwini — BOULENGER 1885: 21 Homonota darwini — KOSLOWSKY 1898: 165 Homonota darwini — LIEBERMANN 1939: 16, 63 Homonota darwinii — KLUGE 1964: 22 Homonota borelli — GALLARDO 1966: 12, 16 Homonota borellii — PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970: 146 Homonota borellii — WILLIAMS 1991: 1, 13 Homonota borellii — ABDALA 1997: 17 |
| Distribution | Argentina (Buenos Aires: Southeastern Pampas, Ventania mountain range) Type locality: Sierra de la Ventana, camino a Cerro Tres Picos por Estancia Funke (38o08'10"S, 61o59'10"W, 601 m elevation), Tornquist Department, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina |
| Reproduction | oviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: MLP S 2630, an adult male, collected by C. H. F. Perez and P. F. Petracci, 25 June 2006. Paratypes: LJAMM-CNP 6517, an adult male same locality as the holotype. LJAMM-CNP 11834-11835 adult males from Bahia Blanca hill (38o04'07"S, 61o59'02"W, 723 m), Sierra de la Ventana, Tornquist Department, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, collected by C. H. F. Perez, 7 October 1999. LJAMM-CNP 11837, an adult male from Curamalal hill (37o43'17"S, 62o13'59"W, 915 m), Tornquist Department, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, collected by C. H. F. Perez, 7 October 1999. LJAMM-CNP 11838, an adult female from Curamalal hill (37o43'17"S, 62o13'59"W, 915 m), Tornquist Department, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, collected by C. H. F. Perez, 7 October 1999. LJAMM-CNP 11836, an adult male from Abra de Los Vascos (38o15'34"S, 61o54'37"W, 454 m), Sierra de la Ventana, Tornquist Department, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, collected by C.H.F. Perez, 7 October 1999. BYU 47931, BYU 47933-47934, adult females from near Parque Provincial Ernesto Tornquist (38o03'18.6"S, 62o00'51.6"W, 848 m) Tornquist Department, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, collected by C.H.F. Perez, 5 March 2002. BYU 47932, an adult male from near Parque Provincial Ernesto Tornquist (38o03'18.6"S, 62o00'51.6"W, 848 m) Tornquist Department, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, collected by C.H.F. Perez, 5 March 2002. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Homonota williamsii sp. nov. is a medium-sized species of Homonota (maximum SVL = 48 mm) and can be distinguished from the other species of the group by the following combination of characters: a dorsal reticulate dark brown pattern on a grayish background speckled with small white spots, white belly with dark spots, keeled dorsal scales, subcaudal scales rounded, alternating in size, oblique auditory meatus with a posterior serrate edge and different average number of dorsal scales and scales around midbody than all the other species of the genus. |
| Comment | Synonymy: after AVILA et al. 2012. |
| Etymology | Dedicated to Jorge Daniel Williams, Argentinean herpetologist from the La Plata Museum, Buenos Aires Province. He is in charge of the herpetological collection of the La Plata Museum, and his work is mainly focused on the herpetofauna of Buenos Aires Province. He was one of the founders of the Asociación Herpetólogica Argentina (AHA), president for a decade, and always an enthusiastic advocate. |
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