Taxonavigation
Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Gonatodes
Species: Gonatodes machelae
Name
- Gonatodes machelae Rivero-Blanco & Schargel, 2020: 430
Holotype: MHNLS 9164, adult ♂, collected by M. Ristorto and M. Ameruoso, April 18, 1983.
Type locality: “summit of Cerro El Copey (ca. 675 m), Parque Nacional Cerro El Copey, Margarita Island, Nueva Esparta, Venezuela (11 00’25’’N, 63 53’50’’W).”
Etymology: named after Machela, the wife of the first author (CRB), in recognition of her support in the field while CRB studying the Venezuelan Gonatodes for her doctoral thesis.
References
Primary references
- Rivero-Blanco, C. & Schargel, W.E.. 2020. A new diurnal gecko in the genus Gonatodes (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) from Margarita Island, Venezuela. Zootaxa, 4729(3): 429–439. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4729.3.9