Argentine marked gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Homonota
Species:
H. whitii
Binomial name
Homonota whitii
Boulenger, 1885

The Argentine marked gecko (Homonota whitii) is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Argentina.

Etymology

The specific name, whitii, is in honor of naturalist Ernest William White (1858–1884) who collected the holotype.[2]

Geographic range

H. whitii is found in northwestern Argentina, in the provinces of Catamarca, Córdoba, La Rioja, Mendoza, Salta, and Tucumán.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of H. whitii is forest.[1]

Reproduction

H. whitii is oviparous.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Avila L (2017). "Homonota whitii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T56234275A56234281. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T56234275A56234281.en. Downloaded on 26 December 2020.
  2. ↑ 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 whitii, p. 284).
  3. 1 2 Homonota whitii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 26 January 2019.

Further reading

  • Avila LJ, Martinez LE, Morando M (2013). "Checklist of lizards and amphisbaenians of Argentina: an update". Zootaxa 3616 (3): 201–238.
  • Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ, Eublepharidæ, Uroplatidæ, Pygopodidæ, Agamidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I–XXXII. (Homonota whitii, new species, p. 22 + Plate III, figures 6, 6a).
  • Koslowsky J (1895). "Batracios y reptiles de Rioja y Catamarca (República Argentina) recogidos durante los meses de Febrero á Mayo de 1895 (Expedicion del Director del Museo)". Revista del Museo de la Plata 6: 359–370 + Plates I–IV. ("Homonota Whitei ", p. 362). (in Spanish).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Homonota whitii, p. 89). (in German).



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