Phyllopezus pollicaris

Phyllopezus pollicaris

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: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Phyllopezus
Species: Phyllopezus pollicaris
Subspecies: P. p. przewalskyi – P. p. pollicaris

Name

Phyllopezus pollicaris (Spix, 1825)

Holotype: ZMB 9079 [Phyllopezus goyazensis Peters, 1877]

Type locality: “Goyaz (Brasilien)” [Phyllopezus goyazensis Peters, 1877]

Mentions

• Thecadactylus pollicaris Spix, 1825
• Phyllopezus goyazensis Peters, 1877: 415 (fide Bauer et al., 1995)
• Phyllopezus goyazensis — Boulenger, 1885: 145
• Platydactylus Spixii Schlegel, 1933
• Phyllopezus pollicaris — Rodrigues, 1986
• Phyllopezus goyazensis — Dirksen & de la Riva, 1999
• Phyllopezus pollicaris — Dirksen & de la Riva, 1999
• Phyllopezus goyazensis — Langstroth, 2005

References

• Spix, J.B. von, 1825: Animalia nova sive species nova lacertarum quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX jussu et auspicius Maximiliani Josephi I Bavariae Regis suscepto collegit et descripsit Dr. J.B. de Spix. Lipsiae: T.O. Weigel; F.S. Hübschmanni, Monachii, 26 pp.

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• Langstroth, R.P. 2005: Adiciones probables y confirmadas para la saurofauna boliviana. Kempffiana, 1 (1): 101–128.
• Righi, A.F.. L.B. Nascimento & C.A.B. Galdino, 2012: Seasonal Reproduction in the Rock Gecko Phyllopezus pollicaris from a Rock Field Habitat in Southeastern Brazil. Journal of herpetology, 46 (4): 632–636. DOI: 10.1670/11-210.

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Vernacular names

English: Brazilian Gecko