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
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Garthia
Species:
G. penai
Binomial name
Garthia penai
Synonyms[1]
  • Homonota gaudichaudii penai
    Donoso-Barros & Vanzolini, 1965
    (nomen nudum)
  • Garthia penai
    Donoso-Barros, 1966
  • Homonota penai
    — Kluge, 1993
  • Garthia penai
    — Abdala & Moro, 1996

Etymology

The specific name, penai, is in honor of Chilean entomologist Luis Enrique Peña Guzmán (1921–1995).[2]

Reproduction

G. penai is oviparous.[1]

References
  1. Garthia penai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  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. (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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