Biology:Homonota gaudichaudii

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Homonota gaudichaudii
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Homonota
Species:
H. gaudichaudii
Binomial name
Homonota gaudichaudii
(A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1836)
Synonyms[1]
  • Gymnodactylus gaudichaudii
    A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1836
  • Saurodactylus gaudichaudii
    — Fitzinger, 1843
  • Homonota guidichaudi [sic]
    — Gray, 1845
    (ex errore)
  • Gonatodes gaudichaudii
    — Boulenger, 1885
  • Homonota gaudichaudii
    Kluge, 1964
  • Garthia gaudichaudii
    — Donoso-Barros & Vanzolini, 1965

Homonota gaudichaudii is a species of gecko endemic to the Chilean mattoral ecoregion, found chiefly in the nation of Chile (Hogan & World Wildlife Fund 2013). The common name for this species is Chilean marked gecko.

Taxonomy

This organism was first described by André Marie Constant Duméril and Gabriel Bibron in the year 1836 as a new species of lizard, Gymnodactylus gaudichaudii. Over the years the species has been assigned to several different genera by various authorities. Most recently, it has been placed in the genus Garthia.

Etymology

The specific name, gaudichaudii, is in honor of French botanist Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré.[2]

References

  1. "Garthia gaudichaudii ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  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 gaudichaudii, p. 99).

External links

Further reading

  • Duméril AMC, Bibron G (1836). Erpétologie générale ou Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles, Tome troisième [General Herpetology or Complete Natural History of the Reptiles, Volume 3]. Paris: Roret. iv + 517 pp. (Gymnodactylus gaudichaudii, new species, pp. 413–414).

Wikidata ☰ Q3139863 entry