Estados Sucre gecko

Estados Sucre gecko
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
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]

Etymology

The specific name, seigliei, is in honor of Cuban-Venezuelan micropaleontologist George Alfredo Seiglie (1926–1988).^[3]

Geographic range

G. seigliei is found in the Venezuelan states of Monagas and Sucre.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of G. seigliei is forest, at altitudes of 800–1,300 m (2,600–4,300 ft).^[1]

Description

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]

Reproduction

G. seigliei is oviparous.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Schargel, W.; Rivas, G. (2016). "Gonatodes seigliei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T178439A67510819. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T178439A67510819.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Gonatodes seigliei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Gonatodes seigliei, p. 240).

Donoso-Barros R (1966). "Dos nuevos Gonatodes de Venezuela". Publicaciones Ocasionales, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Santiago de Chile 11: 1–32. (Gonatodes seigliei, new species, p. 11). (in Spanish).
Rivas GA, Molina CR, Ugueto GN, Barros TR, Barrio-Amorós CL, Kok PJR (2012). "Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist". Zootaxa 3211: 1–64.
Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Gonatodes seigliei, p. 84). (in German).

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[iucn_status_18_November_2021-1] Schargel, W.; Rivas, G. (2016). "Gonatodes seigliei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T178439A67510819. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T178439A67510819.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

[RDB-2] Gonatodes seigliei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

[3] Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Gonatodes seigliei, p. 240).

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