Pseudogonatodes gasconi

Short description: Species of lizard

Pseudogonatodes gasconi

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Reptilia
Order:  | Squamata
Family:  | Sphaerodactylidae
Genus:  | Pseudogonatodes
Species:  |

P. gasconi

Binomial name
Pseudogonatodes gasconi

Ávila-Pires & Hoogmoed, 2000

Pseudogonatodes gasconi is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Brazil .

## Contents

* 1 Etymology
* 2 Geographic range
* 3 Habitat
* 4 Description
* 5 Reproduction
* 6 References
* 7 Further reading

## Etymology

The specific name, gasconi, is in honor of Canadian ecologist Claude Gascon.[2]

## Geographic range

P. gasconi is known from the Brazilian state of Acre.[3]

## Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of P. gasconi is forest.[1]

## Description

The holotype of P. gasconi has a snout-to-vent length of 24 mm (0.94 in), and a tail length of 21 mm (0.83 in).[1]

## Reproduction

P. gasconi is oviparous.[3]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Colli GR et al. (25 authors) (2019). "Pseudogonatodes gasconi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: https://dx.doi.org./10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T44579483A44579485.pt. Accessed on 08 July 2023. (in English and Portuguese).
2. ↑ 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. (Pseudogonatodes gasconi, p. 98).
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Pseudogonatodes gasconi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.

## Further reading

* Ávila-Pires TCS, Hoogmoed MS (2000). "On two new species of Pseudogonatodes Ruthven, 1915 (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae), with remarks on the distribution of some other sphaerodactyl lizards". Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden 73: 209–223. (Pseudogonatodes gasconi, new species, pp. 211–214, Figures 1–2 + Figure 5 (map) on p. 218). (in English, with an abstract in Portuguese).
* Ribeiro-Júnior MA (2015). "Catalogue of distribution of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Brazilian Amazonia. II. Gekkonidae, Phyllodactylidae, Sphaerodactylidae". Zootaxa 3981 (1): 1–55.

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