Estados Sucre gecko | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Sphaerodactylidae |
Genus: | Gonatodes |
Species: | G. seigliei
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Binomial name | |
Gonatodes seigliei
Donoso-Barros, 1966
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The Estados Sucre gecko (Gonatodes seigliei) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Venezuela. [2]
The specific name, seigliei, is in honor of Cuban-Venezuelan micropaleontologist George Alfredo Seiglie (1926–1988). [3]
G. seigliei is found in the Venezuelan states of Monagas and Sucre. [2]
The preferred natural habitat of G. seigliei is forest, at altitudes of 800–1,300 m (2,600–4,300 ft). [1]
G. seigliei is a small gecko, characterized by granular rostral and labial scales, black vermiculations on the yellowish head and the dorsum, and the presence of a pair of small ocelli (eye spots) located very anteriorly, above the shoulders. [2]
Estados Sucre gecko | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Sphaerodactylidae |
Genus: | Gonatodes |
Species: | G. seigliei
|
Binomial name | |
Gonatodes seigliei
Donoso-Barros, 1966
|
The Estados Sucre gecko (Gonatodes seigliei) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Venezuela. [2]
The specific name, seigliei, is in honor of Cuban-Venezuelan micropaleontologist George Alfredo Seiglie (1926–1988). [3]
G. seigliei is found in the Venezuelan states of Monagas and Sucre. [2]
The preferred natural habitat of G. seigliei is forest, at altitudes of 800–1,300 m (2,600–4,300 ft). [1]
G. seigliei is a small gecko, characterized by granular rostral and labial scales, black vermiculations on the yellowish head and the dorsum, and the presence of a pair of small ocelli (eye spots) located very anteriorly, above the shoulders. [2]