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Estado Aragua gecko
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Gonatodes
Species: G. taniae
Binomial name
Gonatodes taniae
Roze, 1963

The Estado Aragua gecko (Gonatodes taniae), also known commonly as the ring-necked clawed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Venezuela.

Etymology

The specific name, taniae, is in honor of biologist Tania Cobo who collected the holotype.

Geographic range

G. taniae is found in northwestern Venezuela, in the Venezuelan states of Aragua, Carabobo, and Yaracuy.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of G. taniae is forest, at altitudes of 800–1,100 m (2,600–3,600 ft).

Behavior

G. taniae is predominantly diurnal.

Reproduction

G.taniae is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Rivas, G.; Schargel, W. (2016). "Gonatodes taniae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T66083993A66083998. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T66083993A66083998.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Gonatodes taniae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Gonatodes taniae, p. 260).

Further reading

  • Rivas GA, Molina CR, Ugueto GN, Barros TR, Barrio-Amorós CL, Kok PJR (2012). "Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist". Zootaxa 3211: 1–64.
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Gonatodes taniae, p. 84). (in German).
  • Roze J (1963). "Una nueva especie del genero Gonatodes (Sauria: Gekkonidae) de Venezuela". Publicaciones Ocasionales del Museo de Ciencias Naturales, Caracas, Venezuela, Zoología 5: 1–4. (Gonatodes taniae, new species). (in Spanish).
  • Schmid M, Feichtinger W, Nanda I, Schakowski R, Visbal Garcia R, Manzanilla Puppo J, Fernández Badillo A (1994). "An extaordinarily low diploid chromosome number in the reptile Gonatodes taniae (Squamata, Gekkonidae)". Journal of Heredity 85 (4): 255–260.


Taxon identifiers
Gonatodes taniae


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