Homonota underwoodi

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Homonota underwoodi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Homonota
Species:
H. underwoodi
Binomial name
Homonota underwoodi
Kluge, 1964

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

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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]

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References

  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.
  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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