| Estados Sucre gecko | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Sphaerodactylidae |
| Genus: | Gonatodes |
| Species: | G. seigliei |
| Binomial name | |
| Gonatodes seigliei Donoso-Barros, 1966 | |
The Estados Sucre gecko (Gonatodes seigliei) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Venezuela.[2]
Etymology
The specific name, seigliei, is in honor of Cuban-Venezuelan micropaleontologist George Alfredo Seiglie (1926–1988).[3]
Geographic range
G. seigliei is found in the Venezuelan states of Monagas and Sucre.[2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of G. seigliei is forest, at altitudes of 800–1,300 m (2,600–4,300 ft).[1]
Description
G. seigliei is a small gecko, characterized by granular rostral and labial scales, black vermiculations on the yellowish head and the dorsum, and the presence of a pair of small ocelli (eye spots) located very anteriorly, above the shoulders.[2]
Reproduction
References
- 1 2 Schargel, W.; Rivas, G. (2016). "Gonatodes seigliei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T178439A67510819. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T178439A67510819.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- 1 2 3 4 Gonatodes seigliei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ↑ 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. (Gonatodes seigliei, p. 240).
Further reading
- Donoso-Barros R (1966). "Dos nuevos Gonatodes de Venezuela". Publicaciones Ocasionales, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Santiago de Chile 11: 1–32. (Gonatodes seigliei, new species, p. 11). (in Spanish).
- 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 seigliei, p. 84). (in German).
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