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Phyllopezus periosus RODRIGUES, 1986

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Higher TaxaPhyllodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Peraiba Gecko
Portuguese: Briba, Briba-Gigante, Lagartixa 
SynonymPhyllopezus periosus RODRIGUES 1986
Phyllopezus periosus — KLUGE 1993
Phyllopezus periosus — RÖSLER 2000: 105
Phyllopezus periosus — PASSOS et al. 2012
Phyllopezus periosus — LIVIGNI 2013: 383 
DistributionBrazil (Cabaceiras, Paraiba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Rio Grande do Norte [HR 31: 54], Bahia, Ceará, Sergipe)

Type locality: Brasil: Paraiba: Cabaceiras: Fazenda Bravo.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MZUSP 59124 Paratypes: MZUSP 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: “Phyllopezus grande, com a margem do ouvido revestida por escamas cicl6ides, lisas. Granules do focinho pequenos; 21 a 25 entre as post-nasais e o nível da margem anterior do olho. Sinfisal muito longa, sua margem posterior alcanca o nivel da segunda infralabial. Ao lado dela estão duas escamas aumentadas e achatadas; as demais são granulares. Quarta infralabial sempre mais longa do que alta. Não há escamas aumentadas separando os grânulos da garganta das infralabiais.” (RODRIGUES 1986: 238)


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Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Greek periosios (περιώσιος), immense, countless; beyond measure. (Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., April 2024) 
References
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