Homonota darwinii
{{Short description|Species of lizard}}
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| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Homonota
| species = darwinii
| authority = Boulenger, 1885
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Homonota darwinii, also known commonly as Darwin's marked gecko or the prickly gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Argentina. There are two recognized subspecies.{{NRDB species|genus=Homonota|species=darwinii |accessdate=26 January 2019}}
Etymology
The specific name, darwinii, is in honor of English naturalist Charles Darwin, author of On the Origin of Species.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}}. (Homonota darwinii, p. 65).
Habitat
Reproduction
H. darwinii is oviparous.
Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.
- Homonota darwinii darwinii {{small|Boulenger, 1885}}
- Homonota darwinii macrocephala {{small|Cei, 1978}}
References
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Further reading
- 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. (Homonota darwinii, new species, pp. 21–22 + Plate III, figures 7, 7a, 7b).
- Cei JM (1978). "Homonota darwinii macrocephala, n. subsp., del noroeste de Argentina (Sauria, Gekkonidae)". Publicaciones Ocasionales, Instituto de Biologia Animal, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza Argentina (4): 1–4. (Homonota darwinii macrocephala, new subspecies). (in Spanish).
- Pérez CH, Minoli I (2014). "Depredación de Homonota darwinii Laurent, 1984 [sic] (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae) por Bothriurus burmeisteri Kraepelin, 1894 (Scorpiones: Bothriuridae) en la Provincia del Chubut, Argentina". Cuadernos de Herpetología 28 (2): 1–2. (in Spanish).
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Category:Endemic reptilia species of Argentina
Category:Reptiles of Argentina
Category:Reptiles described in 1885
Category:Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger
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