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Higher TaxaSphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
SubspeciesPseudogonatodes guianensis amazonicus VANZOLINI 1967
Pseudogonatodes guianensis guianensis PARKER 1935 
Common NamesE: Amazon Pigmy Gecko
Portuguese: Briba, Lagartinho, Lagartinho-do-Folhiço, Lagartinho-Pequeno, Lagartixa 
SynonymPseudogonatodes guianensis PARKER 1935: 514
Pseudogonatodes guianensis — WERMUTH 1965: 152
Pseudogonatodes amazonicus VANZOLINI 1967: 2
Pseudogonatodes guianensis — DUELLMAN 1978: 196
Pseudogonatodes guinanensis — KLUGE 1993
Pseudogonatodes guinanensis amazonicus — KLUGE 1995
Pseudogonatodes guinanensis — RÖSLER 1995: 171
Pseudogonatodes guianensis — GORZULA & SEÑARIS 1999
Pseudogonatodes guinanensis guinanensis — DE LISLE et al. 2013 (in error)

Pseudogonatodes guianensis amazonicus VANZOLINI 1967
Pseudogonatodes amazonicus VANZOLINI 1967: 2
Pseudogonatodes amazonicus — HUEY & DIXON 1970
Pseudogonatodes guinanensis amazonicus — DE LISLE et al. 2013 (in error) 
DistributionBrazil (Amazonas, Pará, Acre, Roraima), Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname,
Colombia, Venezuela (NE Bolívar, Amazonas), N Peru, Ecuador

Type locality: Upper Cuyuni River, British Guyana.

amazonicus: Brazil (Amazonas); Type locality: Igarapé Belem, rio Solimoes, Amazonas, Brasil).  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.8.27.8
Holotype: MZUSP (given as DZSP) 13314 [amazonicus] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Dorsals granular. Digits short, fourth toe with five to seven (mostly six) subdigital lamellae, the third (counting from ungual sheath toward base of toe) largest; first toe with enlarged basal lamellae. Sole of foot with heterogeneous scales. Scales around midbody 86-105, 36-47 ventrals in a longitudinal row, 17-22 in a transverse row at midbody. Maximum SVL 30 mm (Avila-Pires 1995: 299 ff).


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CommentProbably also in Bolivia (fide LANGSTROTH 2005).

Key: HUEY & DIXON 1970 provide a key to the species of Pseudogonatodes. 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
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