Gymnodactylus

Gymnodactylus
Gymnodactylus vanzolinii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Gekkota
Family:	Phyllodactylidae
Genus:	Gymnodactylus Spix, 1825 [1]

Gymnodactylus is a genus of Brazilian geckos, commonly known as naked-toed geckos, in the family Phyllodactylidae. ^[2]

Species

The following five species are recognized as being valid. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

• Gymnodactylus amarali Barbour, 1925
• Gymnodactylus darwinii (Gray, 1845)
• Gymnodactylus geckoides Spix, 1825
• Gymnodactylus guttulatus Vanzolini, 1982
• Gymnodactylus vanzolinii Cassimiro & Rodrigues, 2009

Nota bene : A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Gymnodactylus.

References

1. "Gymnodactylus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
2. Genus Gymnodactylus at The Reptile Database
3. Uetz, P.; et al. (eds.). "Gymnodactylus". The Reptile Database .
4. "Systematics of the Phyllodactylidae". Dahms Tierleben (in German).

Further reading

• Spix JB (1825). Animalia nova sive species novae lacertarum, quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII – MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae Regis suscepto collegit et descripsit. Munich: F.S. Hübschmann. Index (4 unnumbered pp.) + 26 pp. + 30 color plates. (Gymnodactylus, new genus, p. 17). (in Latin).