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Homonota underwoodi

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Species of lizard

Homonota underwoodi
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Homonota
Species: H. underwoodi
Binomial name
Homonota underwoodi
Kluge, 1964

Homonota underwoodi is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Argentina.

Etymology

The specific name, underwoodi, is in honor of British herpetologist Garth Leon Underwood (1919–2002).

Geographic range

H. underwoodi is found in the Argentinian provinces of Catamarca, La Rioja, Mendoza, Río Negro, and San Juan.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of H. underwoodi is shrubland.

Reproduction

H. underwoodi is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Arzamendia, V.; Fitzgerald, L.; Giraudo, A.; Kacoliris, F.; Montero, R.; Pelegrin, N.; Scrocchi, G.; Williams, J. (2016). "Homonota underwoodi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T56234232A56234235. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T56234232A56234235.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Homonota underwoodi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 26 January 2019.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Homonota underwoodi, p. 270).

Further reading

  • Ávila LJ, Martinez LE, Morando M (2013). "Checklist of lizards and amphibaenians of Argentina: an update". Zootaxa 3616 (3): 201–238.
  • Kluge AG (1964). "A Revision of the South American Lizard Genus Homonota Gray". American Museum Novitates (2193): 1–41. (Homonota underwoodi, new species, pp. 25–28, Figure 7).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Homonota underwoodi, p. 89). (in German).


Taxon identifiers
Homonota underwoodi


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