Pseudogonatodes gasconi
| Pseudogonatodes gasconi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Sphaerodactylidae |
| Genus: | Pseudogonatodes |
| Species: | P. gasconi
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudogonatodes gasconi Ávila-Pires & Hoogmoed, 2000
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Pseudogonatodes gasconi is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Brazil.
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, gasconi, is in honor of Canadian ecologist Claude Gascon.[2]
Geographic range
[edit]P. gasconi is known from the Brazilian state of Acre.[3]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of P. gasconi is forest.[1]
Description
[edit]The holotype of P. gasconi has a snout-to-vent length of 24 mm (0.94 in), and a tail length of 21 mm (0.83 in).[1]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Colli GR et al. (25 authors) (2019). "Pseudogonatodes gasconi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: https://dx.doi.org./10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T44579483A44579485.pt. Accessed on 08 July 2023. (in English and Portuguese).
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pseudogonatodes gasconi, p. 98).
- ^ a b Pseudogonatodes gasconi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
Further reading
[edit]- Ávila-Pires TCS, Hoogmoed MS (2000). "On two new species of Pseudogonatodes Ruthven, 1915 (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae), with remarks on the distribution of some other sphaerodactyl lizards". Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden 73: 209–223. (Pseudogonatodes gasconi, new species, pp. 211–214, Figures 1–2 + Figure 5 (map) on p. 218). (in English, with an abstract in Portuguese).
- Ribeiro-Júnior MA (2015). "Catalogue of distribution of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Brazilian Amazonia. II. Gekkonidae, Phyllodactylidae, Sphaerodactylidae". Zootaxa 3981 (1): 1–55.
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