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Coquimbo marked gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Garthia
Species:
G. penai
Binomial name
Garthia penai
Synonyms [1]
  • Homonota gaudichaudii penai
    Donoso-Barros & Vanzolini, 1965
    ( nomen nudum)
  • Garthia penai
    Donoso-Barros, 1966
  • Homonota penai
    Kluge, 1993
  • Garthia penai
    Abdala & Moro, 1996

The Coquimbo marked gecko (Garthia penai) is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Chile. [1] Is the smallest reptile of this country.

Etymology

The specific name, penai, is in honor of Chilean entomologist Luis Enrique Peña Guzmán (1921–1995). [2]

Reproduction

G. penai is oviparous. [1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Garthia penai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  2. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN  978-1-4214-0135-5. (Homonota penai, p. 202).

Further reading

  • Donoso-Barros R (1966). Reptiles de Chile. Santiago, Chile: Ediciones de la Universidad de Chile. 458 + cxlvi pp., 32 color plates, 175 black-and-white plates, text figures, maps. (Garthia penai, new species, p. 125). (in Spanish).


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Garthia penai)

Coquimbo marked gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Garthia
Species:
G. penai
Binomial name
Garthia penai
Synonyms [1]
  • Homonota gaudichaudii penai
    Donoso-Barros & Vanzolini, 1965
    ( nomen nudum)
  • Garthia penai
    Donoso-Barros, 1966
  • Homonota penai
    Kluge, 1993
  • Garthia penai
    Abdala & Moro, 1996

The Coquimbo marked gecko (Garthia penai) is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Chile. [1] Is the smallest reptile of this country.

Etymology

The specific name, penai, is in honor of Chilean entomologist Luis Enrique Peña Guzmán (1921–1995). [2]

Reproduction

G. penai is oviparous. [1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Garthia penai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  2. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN  978-1-4214-0135-5. (Homonota penai, p. 202).

Further reading

  • Donoso-Barros R (1966). Reptiles de Chile. Santiago, Chile: Ediciones de la Universidad de Chile. 458 + cxlvi pp., 32 color plates, 175 black-and-white plates, text figures, maps. (Garthia penai, new species, p. 125). (in Spanish).



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