Gonatodes humeralis

Gonatodes humeralis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Gonatodes
Species: Gonatodes humeralis

Name

• Gonatodes humeralis (Guichenot, 1855)

Holotype: MNHN.

Type locality: “Peróu,... sur les bordes de l'Ucayale, mission Sarayacu”.

Combinations

• Gymnodactylus humeralis Guichenot, 1855: 13 [original combination]
• Gonatodes humeralis — Boulenger, 1885: 62 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Gonatodes ferrugineus Cope, 1863: 102

Holotype: unknown.

Type locality: “Trinidad”.

• Goniodactylus sulcatus O’Shaughnessy, 1875: 265

Holotype: BMNH 1853.2.4.71.

Type locality: “Cuba” (in error).

References

Primary references

• Guichenot, A. 1855. Animaux nouveaux ou rares recueillis pendant l’Expédition dans les parties centrales de l’Amérique du Sud, de Rio de Janeiro a Lima, et de Lima au Para; Exécutée par ordre du Gouvernement Francais pendant les années 1843 a 1847. P. Bertrand: Paris. BHL
• Cope, E.D. 1863. Descriptions of new American Squamata, in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 15: 100–106. BHL Reference page. 
• O’Shaughnessy, A.W.E. 1875. Descriptions of new species of Geckotidæ in the British-Museum Collection. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 4, 16(94): 262–266. DOI: 10.1080/00222937508681844 BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2021. Gonatodes humeralis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 8 Ocotober 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Trinidad Gecko

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