Pseudogonatodes gasconi

Pseudogonatodes gasconi is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Brazil.

Pseudogonatodes gasconi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Pseudogonatodes
Species:
P. gasconi
Binomial name
Pseudogonatodes gasconi

Etymology

The specific name, gasconi, is in honor of Canadian ecologist Claude Gascon.[2]

Geographic range

P. gasconi is known from the Brazilian state of Acre.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of P. gasconi is forest.[1]

Description

The holotype of P. gasconi has a snout-to-vent length of 24 mm (0.94 in), and a tail length of 21 mm (0.83 in).[1]

Reproduction

P. gasconi is oviparous.[3]

References
  1. Colli GR et al. (25 authors) (2019). "Pseudogonatodes gasconi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: https://dx.doi.org./10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T44579483A44579485.pt. Accessed on 08 July 2023. (in English and Portuguese).
  2. 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. (Pseudogonatodes gasconi, p. 98).
  3. Pseudogonatodes gasconi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.

Further reading
  • Ávila-Pires TCS, Hoogmoed MS (2000). "On two new species of Pseudogonatodes Ruthven, 1915 (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae), with remarks on the distribution of some other sphaerodactyl lizards". Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden 73: 209–223. (Pseudogonatodes gasconi, new species, pp. 211–214, Figures 1–2 + Figure 5 (map) on p. 218). (in English, with an abstract in Portuguese).
  • Ribeiro-Júnior MA (2015). "Catalogue of distribution of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Brazilian Amazonia. II. Gekkonidae, Phyllodactylidae, Sphaerodactylidae". Zootaxa 3981 (1): 1–55.



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