Gonatodes humeralis

Gonatodes humeralis

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: Gonatodes
Species: Gonatodes humeralis

Name

Gonatodes humeralis (Guichenot, 1855)

• Syntypes: ?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 sous la direction du Compte Francis de Castelnau. Reptiles. P. Bertrand: Paris. 96 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume 2. Iguanidae, Xenosauridae, Zonuridae, Anguidae, Aniellidae, Helodermatidae, Varanidae, Xantusiidae, Teiidae, Amphisbaenidae. Second edition. Trustees of the British Museum: London. xiii + 497 pp., 24 pls. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Gonatodes humeralis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 8 Ocotober 2018.
• Calderón, M., Perez, P., Avila-Pires, T.C.S., Aparicio, J., Moravec, J., Schargel, W., Rivas, G. & Murphy, J. 2019. IUCN: Gonatodes humeralis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T44579283A44579292. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T44579283A44579292.en. Accessed on 07 January 2023.

Vernacular names

English: South American Clawed Gecko

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