Gonatodes lichenosus

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 lichenosus

Name

Gonatodes lichenosus Rojas-Runjaic, Infante-Rivero, Cabello & Velozo, 2010

Type locality: “Manastara, Yukpa indigenous community, Río Negro basin, Parque Nacional Sierra de Perijá, Municipio Machiques de Perijá, Sierra de Perijá, Estado Zulia, Venezuela (10°02’52.0”N, 72°48’42.8”W; elevation 1132 m asl)”

Holotype: MHNLS 19116 (field number SP 191), adult ♂, collected on 18 March 2009 by Fernando J. M. Rojas-Runjaic, Pedro Cabello, and Pablo Velozo.

Paratypes: Three adult males (MHNLS 19101, MHNLS 19109 and MHNLS 19110), and two adult females (MHNLS 19107 and MHNLS 19111), same data as the holotype, collected between 16 to 18 March 2009.

Vernacular names

English: Perijá Lichen-Gecko
español: Tuqueque Liquenoso de Perijá

References

• 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. Preview (PDF).