Brazilian gecko

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]

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]

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. 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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