Gymnodactylus Explained

Gymnodactylus is a genus of Brazilian geckos, commonly known as naked-toed geckos, in the family Phyllodactylidae.

Species

The following five species are recognized as being valid.^{[1] [2]}

• Gymnodactylus amarali Barbour, 1925
• Gymnodactylus darwinii (Gray, 1845)
• Gymnodactylus geckoides Spix, 1825
• Gymnodactylus guttulatus Vanzolini, 1982
• Gymnodactylus vanzolinii Cassimiro & Rodrigues, 2009

Nota bene

A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Gymnodactylus.

Further reading

• Spix JB (1825). Animalia nova sive species novae lacertarum, quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII – MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae Regis suscepto collegit et descripsit. Munich: F.S. Hübschmann. Index (4 unnumbered pp.) + 26 pp. + 30 color plates. (Gymnodactylus, new genus, p. 17). (in Latin).

Notes and References

1. www.reptile-database.org.
2. "Gymnodactylus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Gekkota/phyllodactylidae.