South American dwarf gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Lygodactylus
Species:
L. wetzeli
Binomial name
Lygodactylus wetzeli
(H.M. Smith, R.L. Martin &
Swain, 1977)
Synonyms[2]
  • Vanzoia wetzeli
    H.M. Smith, R.L. Martin & Swain, 1977
  • Lygodactylus wetzeli
    — Bons & G. Pasteur, 1977

The South American dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus wetzeli) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to South America.

Etymology

The specific name, wetzeli, is in honor of American mammalogist Ralph M. Wetzel.[3]

Geographic range

L. wetzeli is found in eastern Bolivia, midwestern Brazil, and northern Paraguay.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. wetzeli is savanna.[1]

Reproduction

L. wetzeli is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Cacciali, P.; Scott, N. (2019). "Lygodactylus wetzeli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T63488607A63488619. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T63488607A63488619.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Lygodactylus wetzeli at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. ↑ 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. (Lygodactylus wetzeli, p. 283).

Further reading

  • Bons J, Pasteur G (1977). "Solution histologique à un problème de taxinomie herpétologique interessants les rapports paléobiologiques de l'Amerique du Sud et de l'Afrique". C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris 284 (D): 2547–2550. (Lygodactylus wetzeli, new combination). (in French).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Vanzoia wetzeli, p. 120). (in German).
  • Smith HM, Martin RL, Swain TA (1977). "A new genus and two new species of South American geckos (Reptilia: Lacertilia)". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo 30: 195–213. (Vanzoia wetzeli, new species, p. 196).


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