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Goias gecko
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Sphaerodactylidae
Genus:	Coleodactylus
Species:	C. brachystoma
Binomial name
Coleodactylus brachystoma (Amaral, 1935)
Synonyms
Homonota brachystoma Amaral, 1935 Sphaerodactylus pfrimeri Miranda-Ribeiro, 1937 Coleodactylus brachystoma — Wermuth, 1965

The Goias gecko (Coleodactylus brachystoma) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Brazil.

Geographic range

C. brachystoma is found in the Brazilian states of Goiás, Mato Grosso, and Piauí.

Reproduction

C. brachystoma is oviparous.

References

1. ^ Coleodactylus brachystoma at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

Further reading

• Albuquerque Brandão, Reuber; Motta, Paulo Cesar (2005). "Circumstantial evidences for mimicry of scorpions by the neotropical gecko Coleodactylus brachystoma (Squamata, Gekkonidae) in the Cerrados of central Brazil". Phyllomedusa 4 (2): 139–145.
• Amaral A (1935). "Estudos sobre lacertilios Neotropicos. III. Um novo genero e duas novas especies de geckonideos e uma nova raça de amphisbenideo, procedentes do Brasil central ". Memórias do Instituto Butantan 9: 251–256. (Homonota brachystoma, new species, p. 254). (in Portuguese).

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