Gymnodactylus amarali

Gymnodactylus amarali
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Gekkota
Family:	Phyllodactylidae
Genus:	Gymnodactylus
Species:	G. amarali
Binomial name
Gymnodactylus amarali Barbour, 1925
Synonyms [2]
Gymnodactylus amarali Barbour, 1925 Gymnodactylus geckoides amarali — Vanzolini, 1953 Gymnodactylus carvalhoi Vanzolini, 2005 Gymnodactylus amarali — Cassimiro & Rodrigues, 2009

Gymnodactylus amarali is a species of gecko in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Brazil. ^[2] Their main consumption comes from termites that are found in their environment.

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] Most commonly, the amarali habitats the Cerrado, a tropical savanna in Brazil. ^[4]

Reproduction

G. amarali is oviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Colli, G.R.; et al. (2019). "Gymnodactylus amarali". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (in Brazilian Portuguese and English). 2019 e.T54586746A54586748. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T54586746A54586748.pt . Retrieved 4 April 2021.
2. Gymnodactylus amarali at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 22 January 2019.
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).
4. Colli, Guarino; Mesquita, Daniel; Rodrigues, Paulo; Kitayama, Kiniti (2003). "Gymnodactylus geckoides amarali in a Neotropical Savanna". Journal of Herpetology. doi:10.1670/180-02A.

Further reading

• Barbour T (1925). "New Neotropical Lizards". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 38: 101–102.
• Cassimiro J; Rodrigues MT [in French] (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". Zootaxa (in English and Portuguese). 2008: 38–52. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2008.1.4.
• Vanzolini PE (1953). "Sôbre a diferenciação geográfica de Gymnodactylus geckoides (Sauria, Gekkonidae)". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo (in Portuguese). 11 (14): 225–262. doi:10.11606/0031-1049.1953.11p225-262.
• Vanzolini PE (2005). "On Gymnodactylus amarali Barbour, 1925, with the description of a new species (Sauria, Gekkonidae)". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 77 (4): 595–611. doi:10.1590/S0001-37652005000400003. PMID   16341438.