Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Gekkota
Infraordo: Gekkomorpha
Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Gonatodes
Species: Gonatodes machelae

Name

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.

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