Estado Aragua gecko

The Estado Aragua gecko (Gonatodes taniae), also known commonly as the ring-necked clawed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Venezuela.[2]

Estado Aragua gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Gonatodes
Species:
G. taniae
Binomial name
Gonatodes taniae
Roze, 1963

Etymology

The specific name, taniae, is in honor of biologist Tania Cobo who collected the holotype.[3]

Geographic range

G. taniae is found in northwestern Venezuela, in the Venezuelan states of Aragua, Carabobo, and Yaracuy.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of G. taniae is forest, at altitudes of 800–1,100 m (2,600–3,600 ft).[1]

Behavior

G. taniae is predominantly diurnal.[2]

Reproduction

G.taniae is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. Rivas, G.; Schargel, W. (2016). "Gonatodes taniae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T66083993A66083998. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T66083993A66083998.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Gonatodes taniae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Gonatodes taniae, p. 260).

Further reading

  • Rivas GA, Molina CR, Ugueto GN, Barros TR, Barrio-Amorós CL, Kok PJR (2012). "Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist". Zootaxa 3211: 1–64.
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Gonatodes taniae, p. 84). (in German).
  • Roze J (1963). "Una nueva especie del genero Gonatodes (Sauria: Gekkonidae) de Venezuela". Publicaciones Ocasionales del Museo de Ciencias Naturales, Caracas, Venezuela, Zoología 5: 1–4. (Gonatodes taniae, new species). (in Spanish).
  • Schmid M, Feichtinger W, Nanda I, Schakowski R, Visbal Garcia R, Manzanilla Puppo J, Fernández Badillo A (1994). "An extaordinarily low diploid chromosome number in the reptile Gonatodes taniae (Squamata, Gekkonidae)". Journal of Heredity 85 (4): 255–260.



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