Brazilian gecko
Phyllopezus pollicaris (10.3897-zoologia.37.e46661) Figures 10–15
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Phyllopezus
Species:
P. pollicaris
Binomial name
Phyllopezus pollicaris
(Spix, 1825)
Synonyms[1]

The Brazilian gecko (Phyllopezus pollicaris) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to South America. The Brazilian Gecko feeds mostly on arthropods specifically Diptera.[2]

Geographic range

P. pollicaris is found in Argentina, Bolivia, and Brazil.[1] They can be found in a variety of places from Amazonia areas to also urban areas.[3]

Description

Dorsally, P. pollicaris is gray-brown, with darker brown transverse band-like spots.[4]

Reproduction

P. pollicaris is oviparous.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Phyllopezus pollicaris at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  2. ↑ Sousa, J. G. G. (2017). Feeding ecology of two sympatric geckos in an urban area of Northeastern Brazil. Acta Herpetologica., 12(1), 49–54. https://doi.org/10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-18354
  3. ↑ Sousa, J. G. G. (2017). Feeding ecology of two sympatric geckos in an urban area of Northeastern Brazil. Acta Herpetologica., 12(1), 49–54. https://doi.org/10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-18354
  4. ↑ Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (Phyllopezus goyazensis, pp. 145-146).

Further reading

  • Spix JB (1825). Animalia nova sive species novae lacertarum, quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVIII – MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae Regis suscepto collegit et descripsit. Munich: F.S. Hübschmann. Index + 26 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Thecadactylus pollicaris, new species p. 17 + Plate XVIII, figure 2). (in Latin).


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