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Hemidactylus brasilianus AMARAL, 1935

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Amaral's Brazilian Gecko
Portuguese: Briba, Briba-do-Rabo-Grosso, Lagartixa, Lagartixa-do-Rabo-Grosso 
SynonymStellio brasiliensis SCHNEIDER 1792 (nomen oblitum)
Briba brasiliana AMARAL 1935
Briba brasiliana — VANZOLINI 1974: 65
Briba brasiliana — RÖSLER 2000: 61
Hemidactylus brasilianus — CARRANZA & ARNOLD 2006 
DistributionBrazil (Minas Gerais, Bahia, Pernambuco, Ceará, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte, Sergipe)

Type locality: Río Pandeiro, Minas Gerais, Brazil.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: IBSP (= IB) 590 
Diagnosis 
CommentSynonymy: CARRANZA & ARNOLD 2006 synonymized Briba with Hemidactylus based on mtDNA sequence comparisons. 
EtymologyNamed after the species’ distribution in Brazil. 
References
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