Chilean marked gecko

The Chilean marked gecko (Garthia gaudichaudii) is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Chile, in the Chilean matorral ecoregion (Hogan & World Wildlife Fund 2013). There are three recognized subspecies.

Chilean marked gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Garthia
Species:
G. gaudichaudii
Binomial name
Garthia gaudichaudii
Synonyms[2]
  • Gymnodactylus gaudichaudii
    A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1836
  • Saurodactylus gaudichaudii
    — Fitzinger, 1843
  • Homonota guidichaudi [sic]
    — Gray, 1845
    (ex errore)
  • Gonatodes gaudichaudii
    — Boulenger, 1885
  • Homonota gaudichaudii
    — Kluge, 1964
  • Garthia gaudichaudii
    — Donoso-Barros & Vanzolini, 1965

Taxonomy

This organism was first described by André Marie Constant Duméril and Gabriel Bibron in the year 1836 as a new species of lizard, Gymnodactylus gaudichaudii. Over the years the species has been assigned to several different genera by various authorities. Most recently, it has been placed in the genus Garthia.

Etymology

The specific name, gaudichaudii, is in honor of French botanist Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré.[3] The subspecific name, klugei, is in honor of American herpetologist Arnold G. Kluge.[4]

Geographic range

G. gaudichaudii is found in the Chilean regions of Antofagasta, Atacama, Coquimbo, and Valparaíso.[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of G. gaudichaudii are desert and shrubland, at altitudes from sea level to 1,100 m (3,600 ft).[1]

Behavior

G. gaudichaudii is terrestrial, saxicolous, and nocturnal.[1]

Reproduction

G. gaudichaudii is oviparous.[2]

Subspecies

Three subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[2]

  • Garthia gaudichaudii dorbignii (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1836)
  • Garthia gaudichaudii gaudichaudii (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1836)
  • Garthia gaudichaudii klugei Donoso-Barros, 1970

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Garthia.

References
  1. Lobos G, Marambio Y, Ruiz de Gamboa M, Valladares P (2015). "Homonota gaudichaudii (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: https://dx.doi.org/10.1305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T56234142A56234152.en. Accessed on 13 July 2023.
  2. Species Garthia gaudichaudii at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  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. (Homonota gaudichaudii, p. 99).
  4. Donoso-Barros R (1970). "Catálogo herpetológico chileno". Boletín del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Santiago de Chile 31: 49–124. (Garthia gaudichaudii klugei, new subspecies, p. 83). (in Spanish).

Further reading
  • Donoso-Barros R, Vanzolini PE (1965). "Garthia. El genero Garthia Donoso-Barros & Vanzolini y los geckos gimnodactylides afines ". Noticiario Mensual del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Santiago de Chile 103: 5–8. (Garthia gaudichaudii, new combination, p. 6). (in Spanish).
  • Duméril AMC, Bibron G (1836). Erpétologie générale ou Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles, Tome troisième [General Herpetology or Complete Natural History of the Reptiles, Volume 3]. Paris: Roret. iv + 517 pp. (Gymnodactylus gaudichaudii, new species, pp. 413–414). (in French).
  • Reyes-Olivares, Claudio; Campos-Cifuentes, Fabián (2019). "First report of tail regeneration rate in the endemic Chilean gecko Garthia gaudichaudii (Duméril & Bibron 1836) (Squamata, Phyllodactylidae)". Boletín Chileno de Herpetología 6: 19–22. (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).



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