Biology:Gonatodes alexandermendesi
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Short description: Species of lizard
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Sphaerodactylidae |
| Genus: | Gonatodes |
| Species: | G. alexandermendesi
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| Binomial name | |
| Gonatodes alexandermendesi Cole & Kok, 2006
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Gonatodes alexandermendesi is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is indigenous to northern South America.
Etymology
The specific name, alexandermendesi, is in honor of Guyanese businessman Alexander Mendes for his aid to visiting naturalists.[2]
Geographic range
G. alexandermendesi is found in Guyana and Venezuela.[3]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of G. alexandermendesi is forest, at altitudes of 120–900 m (390–2,950 ft).[1]
Description
G. alexandermendesi may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 5 cm (2.0 in).[4] It has a very elongate spine on the supraciliary flap above the eye.[5]
Reproduction
G. alexandermendesi is oviparous.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hoogmoed M, Ouboter P (2016). "Gonatodes alexandermendesi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T66080209A66080212. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T66080209A66080212.en. Downloaded on 15 February 2019.
- ↑ 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. (Gonatodes alexandermendesi, p. 175).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Gonatodes alexandermendesi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ↑ Cole & Kok (2006), p. 9.
- ↑ Cole & Kok (2006). p. 2 + Figure 2 on p. 5.
Further reading
- Cole, Charles J.; Kok, Philippe J. R. (2006). " A New Species of Gekkonid Lizard (Sphaerodactylinae: Gonatodes) from Guyana, South America". American Museum Novitates (3524): 1–13. (Gonatodes alexandermendesi, new species).
- Cole, Charles J.; Townsend, Carol R.; Reynolds, Robert P.; MacCulloch, Ross D.; Lathrop, Amy (2013). "Amphibians and reptiles of Guyana, South America: illustrated keys, annotated specie accounts, and a biogeographic synopsis". Proceedings of the Biological society of Washington 125 (4): 317–578 + Plates 580–620.
- Schargel, Walter E.; Rivas, Gilson A.; Makowsky, Robert; Señaris, J. Celsa; Natera, Marco A.; Barros, Tito R.; Molina, César A.; Barrio-Amorós, César L. (2010). "Phylogenetic systematics of the genus Gonatodes (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) in the Guyana region, with description of a new species from Venezuela". Systematics and Biodiversity 8 (3): 321–339.
Wikidata ☰ Q3008910 entry
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