Gymnodactylus amarali
{{Short description|Species of lizard}}
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| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = Colli GR et al. (25 authors) (2019). "Gymnodactylus amarali ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T54586746A54586748. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T54586746A54586748.pt. Downloaded on 04 April 2021.
| genus = Gymnodactylus
| species = amarali
| authority = Barbour, 1925
| synonyms = *Gymnodactylus amarali
{{small|Barbour, 1925}}
- Gymnodactylus geckoides amarali
{{small|— Vanzolini, 1953}} - Gymnodactylus carvalhoi
{{small|Vanzolini, 2005}} - Gymnodactylus amarali
{{small|— Cassimiro & Rodrigues, 2009}}
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Gymnodactylus amarali is a species of gecko in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Brazil.{{NRDB species|genus=Gymnodactylus|species=amarali|accessdate=22 January 2019}} Their main consumption comes from termites that are found in their environment.
Etymology
The specific name, amarali, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Afrânio Pompílio Gastos do Amaral.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}}. (Gymnodactylus amarali, p. 7).
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of G. amarali is savanna. Most commonly, the amarali habitats the Cerrado, a tropical savanna in Brazil.{{Cite web |last=Colli |first=Guarino |last2=Mesquita |first2=Daniel |last3=Rodrigues |first3=Paulo |last4=Kitayama |first4=Kiniti |date=2003 |title=Gymnodactylus geckoides amarali in a Neotropical Savanna. Journal of Herpetology |url=https://doi.org/10.1670/180-02A}}
Reproduction
G. amarali is oviparous.
References
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Further reading
- Barbour T (1925). "New Neotropical Lizards". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 38: 101–102. (Gymnodactylus amarali, new species, pp. 101–102).
- Cassimiro J, Rodrigues MT (2009). "A new species of lizard genus Gymnodactylus Spix, 1825 (Squamata: Gekkota: Phyllodactylidae) from Serra do Sincorá, northeastern Brazil, and the status of G. carvalhoi Vanzolini, 2005". Zootaxa 2008: 38–52. (Gymnodactylus carvalhoi considered a synonym of Gymnodactylus amarali). (in English, with an abstract in Portuguese).
- Vanzolini PE (1953). "Sôbre a diferenciação geográfica de Gymnodactylus geckoides (Sauria, Gekkonidae)". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo 11 (14): 225–262. (Gymnodactylus geckoides amarali, new status). (in Portuguese).
- Vanzolini PE (2005). "On Gymnodactylus amarali Barbour, 1925, with the description of a new species (Sauria, Gekkonidae)". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 77 (4): 595–611. (Gymnodactylus carvalhoi, new species).
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Category:Endemic reptiles of Brazil
Category:Reptiles described in 1925
Category:Taxa named by Thomas Barbour
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