Gonatodes

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Lacertilia Infraordo: Gekkota Parvordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Gonatodes
Species (34): G. albogularis – G. alexandermendesi – G. annularis – G. antillensis – G. astralis – G. atricucullaris – G. castanae – G. caudiscutatus – G. ceciliae – G. chucuri – G. concinnatus – G. daudini – G. eladioi – G. falconensis – G. hasemani – G. humeralis – G. infernalis – G. lichenosus – G. ligiae – G. machelae – G. nascimentoi – G. naufragus – G. ocellatus – G. petersi – G. purpurogularis – G. rayito – G. riveroi – G. rozei – G. seigliei – G. superciliaris – G. taniae – G. tapajonicus – G. timidus – G. vittatus

Name

Gonatodes Fitzinger, 1843: 18

Type species: Gymnodactylus albogularis Duméril & Bibron, 1836, by original designation.

References

Primary references

Fitzinger, L. 1843. Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus primus. Amblyglossae. Braumüller et Seidel: Wien. vi + 106 pp. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Gamble, T., Simons, A.M., Colli, G.R. & Vitt, L.J. 2008. Tertiary climate change and the diversification of the Amazonian gecko genus Gonatodes (Sphaerodactylidae, Squamata). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 46(1): 269–277. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.08.013 Reference page.
Rojas-Runjaic, F.J.M., Infante-Rivero, E.E., Cabello, P. & Velozo, P. 2010. A new non-sexually dichromatic species of the genus Gonatodes (Sauria: Sphaerodactylidae) from Sierra de Perijá, Venezuela. Zootaxa 2671: 1–16. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2671.1.1
Schargel, W.E., Rivas, G.A., Makowsky, R., Señaris, J.C., Natera, M.A., Barros, T.R., Molina, C.R., Barrio-Amorós, C.L. 2010. Phylogenetic systematics of the genus Gonatodes (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) in the Guayana Region, with description of a new species from Venezuela. Systematics and Biodiversity 8(3): 312–339. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2010.504757 Reference page.
Kok, P.J.R. 2011. A new species of the genus Gonatodes Fitzinger, 1843 (Reptilia: Sphaerodactylidae) from central Guyana, northern South America. Zootaxa 3018(1): 1–12. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3018.1.1 Reference page.
Sturaro, M.J. & Ávila-Pires, T.C.S. 2011. Taxonomic revision of the geckos of the Gonatodes concinnatus complex (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae), with description of two new species. Zootaxa 2869: 1–36. Preview. Reference page.
Rivero-Blanco, C. & Schargel, W.E. 2012. A strikingly polychromatic new species of Gonatodes (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) from northern Venezuela. Zootaxa 3518(1): 66–78. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3518.1.4 Reference page.
Rivas, G.A., Ugueto, G.N., Schargel, W.E., Barros, T.R., Velozo, P. & Sánchez, L.E. 2013. A distinctive new species of Gonatodes (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) from Isla La Blanquilla, Venezuela, with remarks on the distribution of some other Caribbean sphaerodactylid lizard. South American Journal of Herpetology 8(1): 5–18. DOI: 10.2994/SAJH-D-12-18212.1 Reference page.
Schargel, W.E., Rivas, G.A., García-Pérez, J.E., Rivero-Blanco, C., Chippindale, P.T. & Fujita, M.K. 2017. A new species of Gonatodes (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) from the western versant of the Cordillera de Mérida, Venezuela. Zootaxa 4291(3): 549–562. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4291.3.7 Reference page.
Rivero-Blanco, C. & Schargel, W.E.. 2020. A new diurnal gecko in the genus Gonatodes (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) from Margarita Island, Venezuela. Zootaxa 4729(3): 429–439. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4729.3.9 Reference page.
Meneses-Pelayo, E. & Ramírez, J.P. 2020. A new species of the genus Gonatodes (Squamata: Sauria: Sphaerodactylidae) from the western flank of the Cordillera Oriental in Colombia, with description of its hemipenial morphology. Zootaxa 4729(2): 207–227. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4729.2.4 Reference page.
Carvajal-Cogollo, J.E., Eguis-Avendaño, J.A. & Meza-Joya, F.L. 2020. A new diurnal gecko in the genus Gonatodes (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) from the foothills of the Serranía de San Lucas, Norosí-Colombia. Zootaxa 4877(2): 345–360. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4877.2.7 Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Gonatodes . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 January 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Neotropical Clawed Geckos