Borelli's marked gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Homonota
Species:
H. borellii
Binomial name
Homonota borellii
(Peracca, 1897)
Synonyms[2]
  • Gymnodactylus borellii
    Peracca, 1897
  • Homonota borellii
    — Kluge, 1964

Borelli's marked gecko (Homonota borellii) is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to South America.

Etymology

The specific name, borellii, is in honor of French-born Italian ornithologist Alfredo Borelli.[3]

Geographic range

H. borrellii is found in Argentina and Paraguay.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of H. borellii are grassland, shrubland, and savanna.[1]

Reproduction

H. borellii is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Arzamendia, V.; Fitzgerald, L.; Giraudo, A.; Kacoliris, F.; Montero, R.; Pelegrin, N.; Scrocchi, G.; Williams, J. (2016). "Homonota borellii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T56234098A56234103. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T56234098A56234103.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Homonota borellii 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 borellii, p. 32).

Further reading

  • Gallardo JM (1969). "Las especies de saurios (Reptilia) de la Provincia de Santa Fe, Argentina, y consideraciones sobre su ecologia y zoogeografia". Neotropica 15 (47): 73–81. (in Spanish).
  • Peracca MG (1897). "Viaggio del Dott[or]. Alfredo Borelli nel Chaco boliviano e nella Repubblica Argentina. Rettili ed Anfibi ". Bolletino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della R[egia]. Università di Torino 12 (274): 1–19. (Gymnodactylus borellii, new species, pp. 2–3). (in Italian).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Homonota borellii, p. 89). (in German).


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