South American dwarf gecko

South American dwarf gecko
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Lygodactylus
Species:	L. wetzeli
Binomial name
	Lygodactylus wetzeli; (H.M. Smith, R.L. Martin & ; Swain, 1977)
Synonyms
	Vanzoia wetzeli ; H.M. Smith, R.L. Martin & Swain, 1977; Lygodactylus wetzeli ; — Bons & G. Pasteur, 1977;

The South American dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus wetzeli) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to South America.

Etymology

The specific name, wetzeli, is in honor of American mammalogist Ralph M. Wetzel.^[3]

L. wetzeli is found in eastern Bolivia, midwestern Brazil, and northern Paraguay.^[2]

The preferred natural habitat of L. wetzeli is savanna.^[1]

L. wetzeli is oviparous.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Cacciali, P.; Scott, N. (2019). "Lygodactylus wetzeli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T63488607A63488619. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T63488607A63488619.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Lygodactylus wetzeli at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
^ 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. (Lygodactylus wetzeli, p. 283).

Bons J, Pasteur G (1977). "Solution histologique à un problème de taxinomie herpétologique interessants les rapports paléobiologiques de l'Amerique du Sud et de l'Afrique". C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris 284 (D): 2547–2550. (Lygodactylus wetzeli, new combination). (in French).
Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Vanzoia wetzeli, p. 120). (in German).
Smith HM, Martin RL, Swain TA (1977). "A new genus and two new species of South American geckos (Reptilia: Lacertilia)". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo 30: 195–213. (Vanzoia wetzeli, new species, p. 196).

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