Gonatodes taniae ROZE, 1963

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Higher Taxa	Sphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Ring-necked Clawed Gecko, Estado Aragua Gecko
Synonym	Gonatodes taniae ROZE 1963: 1 Gonatodes taniae — RIVERO-BLANCO 1964 Gonatodes taniae — RÖSLER 2000: 84 Gonatodes taniae — KORNACKER & NATERA-MUMAW 2008 Gonatodes taniae — BARRIO-AMORÓS & ORTÍZ 2016: 551
Distribution	Venezuela (Aragua, Carabobo, Yaracuy) Type locality: Parque Nacional Henri Pittier de Rancho Grande, Estado Aragua, Venezuela, elevation 950 m.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MBUCV 8281, female
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Comment	Behavior: mainly diurnal
Etymology	Named after Ms. Tania Cobo, collector of the types.
References	Barrio-Amorós, C.L. 2010. GONATODES - Los Geckos diurnos de Venezuela. RioVerde 2010; 43-50 BARRIO-AMORÓS, CESAR L. & JUAN C. ORTÍZ 2016. Venezuelan geckos (Gekkonidae, Phyllodactylidae, Sphaerodactylidae) in the collection of the Universidad de Concepción in Chile, with description of the type series of Gonatodes ligiae and Gonatodes petersi (Sphaerodactylidae). Zootaxa 4136 (3): 537–552 - 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 Esqueda, Luis Felipe, Enrique La Marca, Marco Natera and Pietro Battiston 2001. Noteworthy reptilian state records and a lizard species new to the herpetofauna of Venezuela. Herpetological Review 32 (3):198-200 - get paper here Hedges SB, Powell R, Henderson RW, Hanson S, and Murphy JC 2019. Definition of the Caribbean Islands biogeographic region, with checklist and recommendations for standardized common names of amphibians and reptiles. Caribbean Herpetology 67: 1–53 Kornacker, P. & Natera-Mumaw, M. 2008. Feldherpetologische Daten zu einigen Amphibien- und Reptilienarten im Wolkenwald des “Parque Nacional Henri Pittier”, Rancho Grande, Venezuela. Sauria 30 (3): 21-37 - get paper here Rivas, G.A. & Schargel, W.E. 2008. Gecko on the rocks: an enigmatic new species of Gonatodes (Sphaerodactylidae) from Inselbergs of the Venezuelan Guayana. Zootaxa 1925: 39–50 - get paper here RIVAS, GILSON A.; CÉSAR R. MOLINA, GABRIEL N. UGUETO, TITO R. BARROS, CÉSAR L. BAR- RIO-AMORÓS & PHILIPPE J. R. KOK 2012. Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist. Zootaxa 3211: 1–64 - get paper here Rivero Blanco, C. V. 1964. Una nueva especie del genero Gonatodes Fitzinger (Sauria: Sphaerodactylidae) de Venezuela, con clave para las especies del pais. Acta Biologica Venezuelica, 4:169-184 Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153 Roze, J. A. 1963. Una nueva especie del genero Gonatodes (Sauria: Gekkonidae) de Venezuela. Publicaciones Ocasionales del Museo de Ciencias Naturales, Caracas, Venezuela, Zoologla, (5):1—4 Schmid, M.; Feichtinger, W.; Nanda, I.; Schakowski, R.;Garcia, R.V.; Puppo, J.M.; Badillo, F. 1994. An extraordinarily low diploid chromosome number in the reptile Gonatodes taniae (Squamata, Gekkonidae). Journal of Heredity 85 (4): 255-260 - get paper here Test, Frederic H.;Sexton, Owen J.;Heatwole, Harold 1966. Reptiles of Rancho Grande and vicinity, Estado Aragua, Venezuela. Miscellaneous publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (128): 1-63 - get paper here
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