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Lygodactylus klugei (SMITH, MARTIN & SWAIN, 1977)

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) 
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Kluge's Dwarf Gecko 
SynonymVanzoia klugei SMITH, MARTIN & SWAIN 1977: 196
Lygodactylus klugei — BONS & PASTEUR 1977
Lygodactylus klugei — KLUGE 1993
Vanzoia klugei — RÖSLER 2000: 120
Lygodactylus klugei — BORGES-NOJOSA & CARAMASCHI 2003 
DistributionNE Brazil (Bahia, Ceará, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte)

Type locality: Brasil, Pernambuco,, Carnaubeira  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MZUSP 22531, an adult male (Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo) 
Diagnosis 
CommentType Species: Vanzoia klugei is the type species of the genus Vanzoia SMITH, MARTIN & SWAIN 1977.

South American Lygodactylus presumably resulted from a single trans-Atlantic dispersal event 29 Mya (Lanna et al. 2018). 
EtymologyNamed after Arnold Kluge in recognition of his contributions to Diplodactylus systematics. 
References
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  • Barbosa, Vanessa do Nascimento; Amaral, Jéssica Monique da Silva; Alcantara, Edivania do Nascimento Pereira; dos Santos, Ednilza Maranhão 2018. Herpetofauna de uma área de caatinga em Taquaritinga do Norte, agreste de Pernambuco, Brasil. Cuad. herpetol. 32 (2): 109-115 - get paper here
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  • Bons & PASTEUR 1977. C.R. Acad. Sci. paris 284: 2547
  • Borges-Nojosa, D. M. & Caramaschi, U. 2003. Composição e análise comparativa da diversidade e das afinidades biogeográficas dos lagartos e anfisbenídeos (Squamata) dos brejos nordestinos. In: I.R. Leal, M. Tabarelli & J.M.C. Silva (eds.). Ecologia e conservação da Caatinga, pp. 181-236. Editora Universitária, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brasil.
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  • Costa, Taís Borges; Daniel Orsi Laranjeiras, Francis Luiz Santos Caldas, Daniel Oliveira Santana, Cristiana Ferreira da Silva, Edna Paulino de Alcântara, Samuel Vieira Brito, Jéssica Yara Galdino, Daniel Oliveira Mesquita, Renato Gomes Faria, Frederi 2018. Herpetofauna of protected areas in the Caatinga VII: Aiuaba Ecological Station (Ceará, Brazil). Herpetology Notes 11: 929-941 - get paper here
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