Gonatodes
Gonatodes is a genus of dwarf geckos of the family Gekkonidae. The majority of the species in the genus are diurnally active and sexually dichromatic.
Species of Gonatodes are found in Central America, a few Caribbean Islands (including Cuba, Hispanola, Jamaica and Union Island in St. Vincent and the Grenadines) and the northern part of South America, including Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, parts of Brazil, Venezuela and the islands of Trinidad and Tobago. Human mediated introductions have occurred with one species in the Galapagos Islands and another in Florida.
Selected species
Some subspecies are also listed.
- Gonatodes alexandermendesi – Mendes' Gecko
- Gonatodes albogularis – Yellow-headed Gecko
- Gonatodes albogularis albogularis
- Gonatodes albogularis bodinii
- Gonatodes albogularis fuscus
- Gonatodes albogularis notatus
- Gonatodes annularis – Annulated Gecko
- Gonatodes antillensis – Antilles Gecko
- Gonatodes atricucullaris – Cajamarca Geeko
- Gonatodes caudiscutatus – Shieldhead Gecko
- Gonatodes ceciliae – Brilliant South American Gecko
- Gonatodes concinnatus – O'Shaughnessy's Gecko
- Gonatodes daudini – Daudin's Gecko
- Gonatodes eladioi – South American Gecko
- Gonatodes falconensis – Estado Falcon Gecko
- Gonatodes hasemani – Haseman's Gecko
- Gonatodes humeralis – Trinidad Gecko
- Gonatodes infernalis Rivas & Schargel, 2008
- Gonatodes ocellatus – Eyespot Gecko
- Gonatodes petersi – Peters' Gecko
- Gonatodes seigliei – Estados Sucre Gecko
- Gonatodes taniae – Estado Aragua Gecko
- Gonatodes tapajonicus – Para Gecko
- Gonatodes timidus Kok, 2011[1]
- Gonatodes vittatus – Wiegmann's Striped Gecko
- Gonatodes vittatus roquensis
- Gonatodes vittatus vittatus
References
- ^ Kok, P.J.R. (2011). "A new species of the genus Gonatodes Fitzinger, 1843 (Reptilia: Sphaerodactylidae) from central Guyana, northern South America." Zootaxa 3018: 1-12.