Coquimbo marked gecko
The Coquimbo marked gecko (Garthia penai) is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Chile.[1] Is the smallest reptile of this country.
Coquimbo marked gecko | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Phyllodactylidae |
Genus: | Garthia |
Species: | G. penai |
Binomial name | |
Garthia penai Donoso-Barros, 1966 | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Etymology
The specific name, penai, is in honor of Chilean entomologist Luis Enrique Peña Guzmán (1921–1995).[2]
References
- Garthia penai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- 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 penai, p. 202).
Further reading
- Donoso-Barros R (1966). Reptiles de Chile. Santiago, Chile: Ediciones de la Universidad de Chile. 458 + cxlvi pp., 32 color plates, 175 black-and-white plates, text figures, maps. (Garthia penai, new species, p. 125). (in Spanish).
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