Gymnodactylus amarali

Gymnodactylus amarali
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Infraorder:	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 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.
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".

Further reading

• 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).