Gymnodactylus amarali
| Gymnodactylus amarali | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Phyllodactylidae |
| Genus: | Gymnodactylus |
| Species: | G. amarali
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| Binomial name | |
| Gymnodactylus amarali Barbour, 1925
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| Synonyms[2] | |
Gymnodactylus amarali is a species of gecko in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Brazil.[2]
Etymology[edit]
The specific name, amarali, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Afrânio Pompílio Gastos do Amaral.[3]
Habitat[edit]
The preferred natural habitat of G. amarali is savanna.[1]
Reproduction[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Colli GR et al. (25 authors) (2019). "Gymnodactylus amarali ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T54586746A54586748. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T54586746A54586748.pt. Downloaded on 04 April 2021.
- ^ a b c Gymnodactylus amarali at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 January 2019.
- ^ 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. (Gymnodactylus amarali, p. 7).
Further reading[edit]
- Barbour T (1925). "New Neotropical Lizards". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 38: 101–102. (Gymnodactylus amarali, new species, pp. 101–102).
- Cassimiro J, Rodrigues MT (2009). "A new species of lizard genus Gymnodactylus Spix, 1825 (Squamata: Gekkota: Phyllodactylidae) from Serra do Sincorá, northeastern Brazil, and the status of G. carvalhoi Vanzolini, 2005". Zootaxa 2008: 38–52. (Gymnodactylus carvalhoi considered a synonym of Gymnodactylus amarali). (in English, with an abstract in Portuguese).
- Vanzolini PE (1953). "Sôbre a diferenciação geográfica de Gymnodactylus geckoides (Sauria, Gekkonidae)". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo 11 (14): 225–262. (Gymnodactylus geckoides amarali, new status). (in Portuguese).
- Vanzolini PE (2005). "On Gymnodactylus amarali Barbour, 1925, with the description of a new species (Sauria, Gekkonidae)". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 77 (4): 595–611. (Gymnodactylus carvalhoi, new species).
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