Lygodactylus neglectus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia 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: Gekkonidae
Genus: Lygodactylus
Species: Lygodactylus neglectus

Name

Lygodactylus neglectus Ceríaco & Passos, 2023: 9

• Holotype: MNRJ 27809, adult ♂, collected by John Casper Branner in 1876.
• Type locality: “Fernando de Noronha Island, State of Pernambuco, northeastern Brazil [-3.8690°N, -32.4249°E]”.

References

Primary references

• Ceríaco, L.M.P. & Passos, P. 2023. Historical natural history collections allow the description of a new and presumably extinct species of dwarf gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Lygodactylus Gray, 1864) from Fernando de Noronha Island, Brazil. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 95(3): e20230222. DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765202320230222 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Fernando de Noronha Dwarf Gecko
português do Brasil: Briba-de-Fernando-de-Noronha