Garthia gaudichaudii (DUMÉRIL & BIBRON, 1836)
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Higher Taxa | Phyllodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
Subspecies | Garthia gaudichaudii gaudichaudii DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1836 Garthia gaudichaudii dorbignii (DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1836) Garthia gaudichaudii klugei DONOSO-BARROS 1970 |
Common Names | E: Chilean Marked Gecko |
Synonym | Gymnodactylus gaudichaudii DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1836: 413 Saurodactylus gaudichaudii — FITZINGER 1843: 91 (fide BRYGOO 1991) Homonota guidichaudi — GRAY 1845: 150 (in error) Gonatodes gaudichaudii — BOULENGER 1885: 63 Gonatodes gaudichaudii — WERNER 1898: 247 Homonota gaudichaudii — KLUGE 1964: 31 Garthia gaudichaudii — DONOSO-BARROS & VANZOLINI 1965: 6 Homonota darwinii — KLUGE 1993 Garthia gaudichaudii — ABDALA 1998 Garthia gaudichaudii — RÖSLER 2000: 79 Garthia gaudichaudii — NÚÑEZ & VELOSO 2001 Garthia gaudichaudii — MORANDO et al. 2014 Garthia gaudichaudii dorbignii (DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1836) Gymnodactylus dorbignii DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1836: 418 Gymnodactylus dorbignyi — BOULENGER 1885: 33 (nom. subst.) Homonota dorbignii — KLUGE 1964: 20 Gymnodactylus (Gymnodactylus) dorbignii — WERMUTH 1965: 51 Homonota dorbignii — WERMUTH 1965 Garthia gaudichaudii dorbingvi [sic] — DONOSO-BARROS & VANZOLINI 1965 Garthia dorbignyi — DONOSO -BARROS 1966: 122 (nom. subst.) Homonota gaudichaudii dorbignii — WELCH 1994 Homonota gaudichaudii dorbignii — KLUGE 1993 Garthia gaudichaudii dorbignii — RÖSLER 2000: 79 Homonota dorbignyi — LANGSTROTH 2005 Garthia gaudichaudii klugei DONOSO-BARROS 1970 Garthia gaudichaudii klugei DONOSO-BARROS 1970: 83 Homonota gaudichaudi klugei — KLUGE 1991: 17 Garthia gaudichaudii klugei — RÖSLER 2000: 79 |
Distribution | Argentina (Buenos Aires), SC Bolivia, Chile (Chuquisaca, west coast) klugei: Chile (Pichidangui region) dorbignii: SC Bolivia (Chuquisaca), C/N Chile; Type locality: Provincia de la Laguna and Valparaiso, Chile (corrected and restricted by DUMÉRIL 1851: 44 to area along Río Grande, at Pampa Ruiz, between Valé Grande and Pescado, Dep. Chuquisaca, Bolivia) |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: MNHN-RA 2327 Lectotype: MNHN-RA 6755; paralectotypes: MNHN-RA 2330, MNHN-RA 2330A-B [dorbignii] Holotype: MNHNC (?), male [klugei] |
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Comment | Distribution: Not in Argentina fide AVILA et al. 2010, Avila et al. 2013; not in Uruguay (Daniel Pincheira-Donoso, pers. comm., 19 Feb 2013). Type species: Gymnodactylus gaudichaudii DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1836: 413 is the type species of the genus Garthia DONOSO-BARROS & VANZOLINI in DONOSO-BARROS 1965: 1. Characteristics: Homonota lizards lack the femoral pores typical of other South American Phyllodactylidae, and their infradigital lamellas are not expanded. |
Etymology | Named after Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré (1789 – 1854), a French botanist who traveled to South America and Australia. The genus Garthia was named after Garth Leon Underwood (1919-2002), British herpetologist (obituary in Copeia 2003: 222-225). |
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