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Higher TaxaPhyllodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Brazilian Gecko
Portuguese: Briba, Briba-de-Parede, Lagartixa, Lagartixa-de-Parede, Lagartixa-de-Pedra, Sardão, Víbora 
SynonymThecadactylus pollicaris SPIX 1825: 17
Phyllopezus goyazensis PETERS 1878: 415 (fide BAUER et al. 1995)
Phyllopezus goyazensis — BOULENGER 1885: 145
Phyllopezus goyazensis — WERNER 1910: 7
Platydactylus Spixii SCHLEGEL — MÜLLER & BRONGERSMA 1933
Phyllopezus pollicaris — RODRIGUES 1986
Phyllopezus goyazensis — DIRKSEN & DE LA RIVA 1999
Phyllopezus pollicaris — DIRKSEN & DE LA RIVA 1999
Phyllopezus pollicaris — BAUER 2013 (plates)
Phyllopezus pollicaris — CACCIALI et al. 2018 
DistributionBrazil (Goias, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Maranhao, Paraiba, Pernambuco, Ceará, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte, Espírito Santo, Sergipe)

goyazensis: Type locality: “Goyaz” (at the time was larger than the current boundaries of the modern Goiás state and included what is now Goiás and Tocantins).

pollicaris: Type locality: Bahia interior.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: ZSM 2510/0 (lost); Paralectotypes: ZSM 165/0/1-2 (ZSMH 165/0 A, B in Hoogmoed & Gruber 1983), male, female, same data as lectotype. Lectotype designated by Müller & Brongersma (1933); additional paralectotype: RMNH 2750.
Holotype: ZMB 9079 [Phyllopezus goyazensis PETERS 1877] 
Diagnosis 
CommentTaxonomy: Gamble et al. 2011 found different lineages within P. pollicaris, which may be valid species. They also suggested that P. p. przewalskii is a valid (evolutionary) species; however, they refrained from formally elevating it as this action would make pollicaris paraphyletic, requiring the establishment of additional species which are currently not well diagnosed.

Distribution: For distributions maps of both subspecies see Vanzolini 1968: 100 (Map 7). For a recent map (with most subspecies elevated or synonymized) see Cacciali et al. 2018. Reports from countries outside Brazil represent species that have been removed from P. pollicaris, and include Paraguay (Paraguari [HR 27: 211]), Bolivia (goyazensis: Santa Cruz, Tarija; pollicaris: Santa Cruz, Tarija; fide DIRKSEN & DE LA RIVA 1999), Argentina (Misiones, Corrientes, Chaco, Santiago del Estero, Formosa [HR 27: 211], Jujuy)

Type species: Phyllopezus goyazensis PETERS 1878 is the type species of the genus Phyllopezus PETERS 1878.

Diet: a large percentage of the diet of this species (10-30%) consists of ants (Lucas et al. 2023). 
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