Gonatodes machelae

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 machelae

Name

Gonatodes machelae Rivero-Blanco & Schargel, 2020: 430

• Holotype: MHNLS 9164, adult ♂, collected by M. Ristorto and M. Ameruoso on 18 April 1983.
• Type locality: “summit of Cerro El Copey (ca. 675 m), Parque Nacional Cerro El Copey, Margarita Island, Nueva Esparta, Venezuela (11°00’25’’N, 63°53’50’’W).”
• Etymology: named after Machela, the wife of the first author (Carlos Rivero-Blanco), in recognition of her support in the field while CRB studying the Venezuelan Gonatodes for her doctoral thesis.

References

Primary references

• Rivero-Blanco, C. & Schargel, W.E.. 2020. A new diurnal gecko in the genus Gonatodes (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) from Margarita Island, Venezuela. Zootaxa 4729(3): 429–439. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4729.3.9 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Gonatodes machelae. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 January 2023.