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Gymnodactylus darwinii (GRAY, 1845)

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Higher TaxaPhyllodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesPortuguese: Lagartixa, Lagartixa-da-Mata, Lagartixa-Nativa 
SynonymCubinia darwinii GRAY 1845: 274
Gymnodactylus girardi STEINDACHNER 1869: 15 (fide VANZOLINI 1953)
Gonatodes helgae AMARAL 1950: 281 (fide VANZOLINI 1953: 73)
Gymnodactylus geckoides darwinii — VANZOLINI 1953
Gymnodactylus geckoides darwinii — WERMUTH 1965: 53
Gymnodactylus darwinii — VANZOLINI 1982
Gymnodactylus darwinii — KLUGE 1993
Gymnodactylus darwinii — RÖSLER 2000: 84
Gymnodactylus geckoides darwinii — VANZOLINI 2004
Gymnodactylus darwinii — CASSIMIRO & RODRIGUES 2009 
DistributionE Brazil (coastal forest from Pernambuco to Sao Paulo; Atlantic Rain Forest, from NE São Paulo state to the northern limits of the Atlantic Rain Forest in Rio Grande do Norte, Espírito Santo)

Type locality: Bahia (now Salvador) and Rio de Janeiro.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1947.3.6.62-63 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (345 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentHistory: The types were collected by Darwin or his fellow travellers on his voyage of the Beagle.

Synonymy: Gymnodactylus girardi and G. darwinii have been synonymized with G. geckoides by BOULENGER 1885: 39 
EtymologyNamed after Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882), author of “On the Origin of Species ...”. 
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