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Pseudogonatodes gasconi

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Species of lizard

Pseudogonatodes gasconi
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: Pseudogonatodes
Species: P. gasconi
Binomial name
Pseudogonatodes gasconi
Ávila-Pires & Hoogmoed, 2000

Pseudogonatodes gasconi is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Brazil.

Etymology

The specific name, gasconi, is in honor of Canadian ecologist Claude Gascon.

Geographic range

P. gasconi is known from the Brazilian state of Acre.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of P. gasconi is forest.

Description

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).

Reproduction

P. gasconi is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ 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).
  2. 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).
  3. ^ Pseudogonatodes gasconi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.

Further reading

  • 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.


Taxon identifiers
Pseudogonatodes gasconi


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