Brazilian gecko

Species of lizard

Brazilian gecko

Phyllopezus pollicaris (10.3897-zoologia.37.e46661) Figures 10–15
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Reptilia
Order:  | Squamata
Suborder:  | Gekkota
Family:  | Phyllodactylidae
Genus:  | Phyllopezus
Species:  |

P. pollicaris

Binomial name
Phyllopezus pollicaris

(Spix, 1825)

Synonyms[1]

* Thecadactylus pollicaris
Spix, 1825
* Phyllopezus goyazensis
W. Peters, 1878
* Platydactylus Spixii
Schlegel in L. Müller & Brongersma, 1933
* Phyllopezus pollicaris
— Rodrigues, 1986

The Brazilian gecko (Phyllopezus pollicaris) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to South America. The Brazilian gecko feeds mostly on arthropods, specifically Diptera.[2]

## Geographic range

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P. pollicaris is found in Argentina, Bolivia, and Brazil.[1] They can be found in a variety of places from Amazonia areas to also urban areas.[3]

## Description

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Dorsally, P. pollicaris is gray-brown, with darker brown transverse band-like spots.[4]

## Reproduction

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P. pollicaris is oviparous.[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b c Phyllopezus pollicaris at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
2. ^ Sousa, J. G. G. (2017). Feeding ecology of two sympatric geckos in an urban area of Northeastern Brazil. Acta Herpetologica., 12(1), 49–54. https://doi.org/10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-18354
3. ^ Sousa, J. G. G. (2017). Feeding ecology of two sympatric geckos in an urban area of Northeastern Brazil. Acta Herpetologica., 12(1), 49–54. https://doi.org/10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-18354
4. ^ Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (Phyllopezus goyazensis, pp. 145-146).

## Further reading

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* Spix JB (1825). Animalia nova sive species novae lacertarum, quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVIII – MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae Regis suscepto collegit et descripsit. Munich: F.S. Hübschmann. Index + 26 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Thecadactylus pollicaris, new species p. 17 + Plate XVIII, figure 2). (in Latin).

Taxon identifiers

Phyllopezus pollicaris|

* Wikidata: Q3381946
* Wikispecies: Phyllopezus pollicaris
* CoL: 4H8QW
* EoL: 1055591
* GBIF: 5221274
* iNaturalist: 33938
* IRMNG: 10354857
* ITIS: 819121
* IUCN: 48443950
* NCBI: 298116
* Observation.org: 102289
* Open Tree of Life: 1035539
* RD: pollicaris

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