Gymnodactylus vanzolinii

Gymnodactylus vanzolinii
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Gekkota
Family:	Phyllodactylidae
Genus:	Gymnodactylus
Species:	G. vanzolinii
Binomial name
Gymnodactylus vanzolinii Cassimiro & Rodrigues, 2009

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

Etymology

The specific name, vanzolinii, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist and samba composer Paulo Vanzolini. ^{[2] [3]}

Geographic range

G. vanzolinii is endemic to the Brazilian state of Bahia. ^[2]

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of G. vanzolinii is unknown. ^[2]

References

1. Silveira, A.L.; et al. (2021). "Gymnodactylus vanzolinii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (in Brazilian Portuguese and English). 2021 e.T54586903A54586905. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T54586903A54586905.pt . Retrieved 9 June 2022.
2. Gymnodactylus vanzolinii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 21 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 vanzolinii, p. 273).

Further reading

• 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 vanzolinii, new species). (in English, with an abstract in Portuguese).