Chatogekko

Chatogekko amazonicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Infraorder: Gekkota
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Chatogekko
Gamble et al., 2011
Species: C. amazonicus
Binomial name
Chatogekko amazonicus
(Andersson, 1918)
Synonyms[1]
  • Sphaerodactylus amazonicus Andersson, 1918
  • Coleodactylus amazonicus Vanzolini, 1957
  • Coleodactylus guimaraesi Vanzolini, 1957
  • Coleodactylus zernyi Wettstein, 1928
  • Coleodactylus amazonicus Rösler, 1995
  • Coleodactylus amazonicus Avila-Peres & Hoogmoed, 2000
  • Coleodactylus amazonicus Pianka & Vitt, 2003

Chatogekko is a genus of South American geckos. Its type and only species is C. amazonicus, a very small gecko.[2] They grow to a maximum length of only 24 millimetres (0.94 in). They are found in leaf litter on the forest floor and prey on springtails and mites.[3][4]

The following cladogram represents phylogenetic relationships among sphaerodactyl geckos presented by Gamble et al. in 2011.[2]

Saurodactylus

Chatogekko

Gonatodes

Lepidoblepharis

Pseudogonatodes

Coleodactylus

Sphaerodactylus






References

  1. ↑ Peter Uetz, Jakob Hallermann, & Jiri Hosek. "Coleodactylus amazonicus (ANDERSSON, 1918)". Reptile Database.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tony Gamble, Juan D. Daza, Guarino R. Colli, Laurie J. Vitt and Aaron M. Bauer (2011). "A new genus of miniaturized and pug-nosed gecko from South America (Sphaerodactylidae: Gekkota)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163 (4): 1244–1266. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00741.x.
  3. ↑ Eric R. Pianka & Laurie J. Vitt (2006). Lizards: Windows to the Evolution of Diversity. University of California Press. p. 186. ISBN 978-0-520-24847-2.
  4. ↑ George R. Zug, Laurie J. Vitt, & Janalee P. Caldwell (2001). Herpetology: an introductory biology of amphibians and reptiles. Academic Press. p. 480. ISBN 978-0-12-782622-6.