Homonota underwoodi

Homonota underwoodi
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Infraorder:	Gekkota
Family:	Phyllodactylidae
Genus:	Homonota
Species:	H. underwoodi
Binomial name
	Homonota underwoodi; Kluge, 1964

Last updated February 16, 2025

Homonota underwoodi is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Argentina.^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, underwoodi, is in honor of British herpetologist Garth Leon Underwood (1919–2002).^[3]

Geographic range

H. underwoodi is found in the Argentinian provinces of Catamarca, La Rioja, Mendoza, Río Negro, and San Juan.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of H. underwoodi is shrubland.^[1]

Reproduction

H. underwoodi is oviparous.^[2]

References

1 2 Arzamendia, V.; Fitzgerald, L.; Giraudo, A.; Kacoliris, F.; Montero, R.; Pelegrin, N.; Scrocchi, G.; Williams, J. (2016). "Homonota underwoodi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T56234232A56234235. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T56234232A56234235.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
1 2 3 Homonota underwoodi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 26 January 2019.
↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Homonota underwoodi, p. 270).

Ávila LJ, Martinez LE, Morando M (2013). "Checklist of lizards and amphisbaenians of Argentina: an update". Zootaxa3616 (3): 201–238.
Kluge AG (1964). "A Revision of the South American Lizard Genus Homonota Gray". American Museum Novitates (2193): 1–41. (Homonota underwoodi, new species, pp. 25–28, Figure 7).
Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota2: 28–153. (Homonota underwoodi, p. 89). (in German).

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[iucn_status_19_November_2021-1] 1 2 Arzamendia, V.; Fitzgerald, L.; Giraudo, A.; Kacoliris, F.; Montero, R.; Pelegrin, N.; Scrocchi, G.; Williams, J. (2016). "Homonota underwoodi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T56234232A56234235. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T56234232A56234235.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 Homonota underwoodi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 26 January 2019.

[3] Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Homonota underwoodi, p. 270).

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