Coleodactylus natalensis

Coleodactylus natalensis

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: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Coleodactylus
Species: Coleodactylus natalensis

Name

Coleodactylus natalensis Freire, 1999: 2

• Holotype: MNRJ 7005, ♂, collected by E.M.X. Freire on 26 February 1998.
• Type locality: “Brazil, Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, dunas costeiras (05°48’ S, 35°12’ W)”.

Native distribution areas

• Brazil: Rio Grande do Norte.

References

Primary references

• Freire, E.M.X. 1999. Espécie nova de Coleodactylus Parker, 1926 das Dunas de Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brasil, com notas sobre suas relaçoãs dicromatismo sexual no gênero (Squamata, Gekkonidae). Bol. Mus. Nac. nov. Ser. Rio de Janeiro 399: 1–14.

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Coleodactylus natalensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 2 July 2023.
• Nogueira, C. de C. 2021. IUCN: Coleodactylus natalensis  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T174111A159253312. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T174111A159253312.pt. Accessed on 02 July 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Natal Pigmy Gecko