Argentine marked gecko
| Argentine marked gecko | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Phyllodactylidae |
| Genus: | Homonota |
| Species: | H. whitii
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| Binomial name | |
| Homonota whitii Boulenger, 1885
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The Argentine marked gecko (Homonota whitii) is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Argentina.
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, whitii, is in honor of naturalist Ernest William White (1858–1884) who collected the holotype.[2]
Geographic range
[edit]H. whitii is found in northwestern Argentina, in the provinces of Catamarca, Córdoba, La Rioja, Mendoza, Salta, and Tucumán.[3]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of H. whitii is forest.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Avila L (2017). "Homonota whitii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T56234275A56234281. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T56234275A56234281.en. Downloaded on 26 December 2020.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Homonota whitii, p. 284).
- ^ a b Homonota whitii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 26 January 2019.
Further reading
[edit]- Avila LJ, Martinez LE, Morando M (2013). "Checklist of lizards and amphisbaenians of Argentina: an update". Zootaxa 3616 (3): 201–238.
- Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ, Eublepharidæ, Uroplatidæ, Pygopodidæ, Agamidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I–XXXII. (Homonota whitii, new species, p. 22 + Plate III, figures 6, 6a).
- Koslowsky J (1895). "Batracios y reptiles de Rioja y Catamarca (República Argentina) recogidos durante los meses de Febrero á Mayo de 1895 (Expedicion del Director del Museo)". Revista del Museo de la Plata 6: 359–370 + Plates I–IV. ("Homonota Whitei ", p. 362). (in Spanish).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Homonota whitii, p. 89). (in German).
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