Gonatodes eladioi DO NASCIMENTO, AVILA-PIRES & DA CUNHA, 1987
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Higher Taxa | Sphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
Subspecies | |
Common Names | E: South American Gecko |
Synonym | Gonatodes eladioi DO NASCIMENTO et al. 1987 Gonatodes eladioi — AVILA-PIRES 1995: 264 Gonatodes eladioi — RÖSLER 2000: 84 |
Distribution | Brazil (Para)
Type locality: Serra de Carajas in Pará State, Brazil
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Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: MPEG 14385 |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | Sympatry: Gonatodes eladioi is sympatric with G. humeralis.
Distribution: Reports from Galapagos, Cocos Island, Caribbean Islands, are in error (M. Hoogmoed, pers. comm.)
Behavior: mainly diurnal |
Etymology | Named after Dr. Eladio Da Cruz Lima (1900-1943) a Justice at the Supreme Court, State of Pará, Brazil. He was also a zoologist associated with Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, Belém, Brazil. |
References |
- Avila-Pires, T.C.S. 1995. Lizards of Brazilian Amazonia (Reptilia: Squamata). Zoologische Verhandelingen 299: 1-706 - get paper here
- Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
- Gamble, Tony; Andrew M. Simons, Guarino R. Colli and Laurie J. Vitt 2008. Tertiary climate change and the diversification of the Amazonian gecko genus Gonatodes (Sphaerodactylidae, Squamata). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 46 (1): 269-277 - get paper here
- Nascimento F Paiva do; de Avila-Pires T C Sauer; da Cunha O Rodrigues 1987. Os repteis da area de Carajas, Para, Brasil (Squamata). 2. Boletim do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi NOVA SERIE ZOOLOGIA 3(1) 1987: 33-65
- RIBEIRO-JÚNIOR, MARCO A. 2015. Catalogue of distribution of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Brazilian Amazonia. II. Gekkonidae, Phyllodactylidae, Sphaerodactylidae. Zootaxa 3981 (1): 001–055 - get paper here
- Ribeiro-Júnior, Marco A. & Silvana Amaral 2016. Diversity, distribution, and conservation of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) in the Brazilian Amazonia. Neotropical Biodiversity, 2:1, 195-421 - get paper here
- Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
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