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Haseman's gecko

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Haseman's gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Gonatodes
Species:
G. hasemani
Binomial name
Gonatodes hasemani
Griffin, 1917
Synonyms[2]
  • Gonatodes hasemani
    Griffin, 1917
  • Gonatodes spinulosus
    Amaral, 1933
  • Gonatodes hasemanni [sic]
    Vanzolini, 1953
    (ex errore)
  • Gonatodes hasemani
    Kluge, 1993

Haseman's gecko (Gonatodes hasemani) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is indigenous to northern South America.

Etymology

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The specific name, hasemani, is in honor of American ichthyologist John Diederich Haseman, who collected specimens in South America (1907–1910) for Carnegie Museum (now Carnegie Museum of Natural History).[3]

Geographic range

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G. hasemani is native to northern Bolivia (Pando, Beni), northern Brazil (Acre, Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Pará, Rondônia), southeastern Colombia (Vaupés), and eastern Peru.[2]

Habitat

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The preferred natural habitat of G. hasemani is forest.[1]

Description

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G. hasemani may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 3 cm (1.2 in).[4]

Reproduction

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G. hasemani is oviparous.[2]

Parasites

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G. hasemani is a host for parasitic worms of the genera Mesocestoides and Skrjabinelazia.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Perez P, Avila-Pires TCS, Aparicio J, Moravec J (2019). "Gonatodes hasemani ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T178717A44956909. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T178717A44956909.en. Downloaded on 30 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Gonatodes hasemani 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. (Gonatodes hasemani, p. 117).
  4. ^ Griffin (1917). p. 306.
  5. ^ Goldberg SR, Bursey, Vitt LJ (2010). "Helminths of Gonatodes hasemani and Pseudogonatodes guinanensis (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Brazil, South America". Herpetological Bulletin (114): 30–32.

Further reading

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  • Amaral A ("1932") (1933). "Estudos sobre Lacertilios neotropicos. I. Novos gêneros e espécies de lagartos do Brasil ". Memórias do Instituto Butantan 7: 51–75. (Gonatodes spinulosus, new species, p. 56). (in Portuguese).
  • Ávila-Pires TCS (1995). "Lizards of Brazilian Amazonia (Reptilia: Squamata)". Zoologische Verhandelingen (299): 1–706. (Gonatodes hasemani, p. 268).
  • Gamble T, Simons AM, Colli GR, Vitt LJ (2008). "Tertiary climate change and the diversification of the Amazonian gecko genus Gonatodes (Sphaerodactylidae, Squamata)". Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution 46 (1): 269–277.
  • Griffin LE (1917). "A List of the South American Lizards of the Carnegie Museum, With Descriptions of Four New Species". Annals of the Carnegie Museum 11: 304-320 + Plates XXXII-XXXV. (Gonatodes hasemani, new species, pp. 304–306 + Plate XXXII, Figures 1-3).
  • Ribeiro-Júnior MA (2015). "Catalogue of distribution of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Brazilian Amazonia. II. Gekkonidae, Phyllodactylidae, Sphaerodactylidae". Zootaxa 3981 (1): 001–055.