Gymnodactylus amarali

Gymnodactylus amarali
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Phyllodactylidae
Genus:	Gymnodactylus
Species:	G. amarali
Binomial name
	Gymnodactylus amarali; Barbour, 1925
Synonyms
	Gymnodactylus amarali; Barbour, 1925; Gymnodactylus geckoides amarali; — Vanzolini, 1953; Gymnodactylus carvalhoi; Vanzolini, 2005; Gymnodactylus amarali; — Cassimiro & Rodrigues, 2009;

Last updated April 08, 2024

Gymnodactylus amarali is a species of gecko in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Brazil.^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, amarali, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Afrânio Pompílio Gastos do Amaral.^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of G. amarali is savanna.^[1]

Reproduction

G. amarali is oviparous.^[2]

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References

1 2 Colli GR et al. (25 authors) (2019). "Gymnodactylus amarali ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T54586746A54586748. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T54586746A54586748.pt. Downloaded on 04 April 2021.
1 2 3 Gymnodactylus amarali at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 22 January 2019.
↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Gymnodactylus amarali, p. 7).

Barbour T (1925). "New Neotropical Lizards". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington38: 101–102. (Gymnodactylus amarali, new species, pp. 101–102).
Cassimiro J, Rodrigues MT (2009). "A new species of lizard genus Gymnodactylus Spix, 1825 (Squamata: Gekkota: Phyllodactylidae) from Serra do Sincorá, northeastern Brazil, and the status of G. carvalhoi Vanzolini, 2005". Zootaxa2008: 38–52. (Gymnodactylus carvalhoi considered a synonym of Gymnodactylus amarali). (in English, with an abstract in Portuguese).
Vanzolini PE (1953). "Sôbre a diferenciação geográfica de Gymnodactylus geckoides (Sauria, Gekkonidae)". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo11 (14): 225–262. (Gymnodactylus geckoides amarali, new status). (in Portuguese).
Vanzolini PE (2005). "On Gymnodactylus amarali Barbour, 1925, with the description of a new species (Sauria, Gekkonidae)". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências77 (4): 595–611. (Gymnodactylus carvalhoi, new species).

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[iucn-1] 1 2 Colli GR et al. (25 authors) (2019). "Gymnodactylus amarali ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T54586746A54586748. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T54586746A54586748.pt. Downloaded on 04 April 2021.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 Gymnodactylus amarali at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 22 January 2019.

[EDR-3] Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Gymnodactylus amarali, p. 7).

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