Argentine marked gecko

The Argentine marked gecko (Homonota whitii) is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Argentina.

Argentine marked gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Homonota
Species:
H. whitii
Binomial name
Homonota whitii
Boulenger, 1885

Etymology

The specific name, whitii, is in honor of naturalist Ernest William White (1858–1884) who collected the holotype.[2]

Geographic range

H. whitii is found in northwestern Argentina, in the provinces of Catamarca, Córdoba, La Rioja, Mendoza, Salta, and Tucumán.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of H. whitii is forest.[1]

Reproduction

H. whitii is oviparous.[3]

References
  1. Avila L (2017). "Homonota whitii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T56234275A56234281. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T56234275A56234281.en. Downloaded on 26 December 2020.
  2. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Homonota whitii, p. 284).
  3. Homonota whitii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 26 January 2019.

Further reading
  • Avila LJ, Martinez LE, Morando M (2013). "Checklist of lizards and amphisbaenians of Argentina: an update". Zootaxa 3616 (3): 201–238.
  • Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ, Eublepharidæ, Uroplatidæ, Pygopodidæ, Agamidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I–XXXII. (Homonota whitii, new species, p. 22 + Plate III, figures 6, 6a).
  • Koslowsky J (1895). "Batracios y reptiles de Rioja y Catamarca (República Argentina) recogidos durante los meses de Febrero á Mayo de 1895 (Expedicion del Director del Museo)". Revista del Museo de la Plata 6: 359–370 + Plates I–IV. ("Homonota Whitei ", p. 362). (in Spanish).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Homonota whitii, p. 89). (in German).



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