Gonatodes alexandermendesi explained

Gonatodes alexandermendesi is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is indigenous to northern South America.

Etymology

The specific name, alexandermendesi, is in honor of Guyanese businessman Alexander Mendes for his aid to visiting naturalists.^[1]

Geographic range

G. alexandermendesi is found in Guyana and Venezuela.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of G. alexandermendesi is forest, at altitudes of 120–.

Description

G. alexandermendesi may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 5cm (02inches).^[2] It has a very elongate spine on the supraciliary flap above the eye.^[3]

Reproduction

G. alexandermendesi is oviparous.

Further reading

• Cole, Charles J.; Kok, Philippe J. R. (2006). " A New Species of Gekkonid Lizard (Sphaerodactylinae: Gonatodes) from Guyana, South America". American Museum Novitates (3524): 1–13. (Gonatodes alexandermendesi, new species).
• Cole, Charles J.; Townsend, Carol R.; Reynolds, Robert P.; MacCulloch, Ross D.; Lathrop, Amy (2013). "Amphibians and reptiles of Guyana, South America: illustrated keys, annotated specie accounts, and a biogeographic synopsis". Proceedings of the Biological society of Washington 125 (4): 317–578 + Plates 580–620.
• Schargel, Walter E.; Rivas, Gilson A.; Makowsky, Robert; Señaris, J. Celsa; Natera, Marco A.; Barros, Tito R.; Molina, César A.; Barrio-Amorós, César L. (2010). "Phylogenetic systematics of the genus Gonatodes (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) in the Guyana region, with description of a new species from Venezuela". Systematics and Biodiversity 8 (3): 321–339.

Notes and References

1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Gonatodes alexandermendesi, p. 175).
2. [Charles J. Cole|Cole]
3. Cole & Kok (2006). p. 2 + Figure 2 on p. 5.