The Gonatodes Geckos





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Gonatodes is a genus of New World dwarf geckos of the family Sphaerodactylidae.[3][4]
Male variegated, or Brilliant South American, gecko Gonatodes ceciliae, Trinidad
Scientific classification:
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Subphylum:Vertebrata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Sauria
Infraorder:Gekkota
Family:Sphaerodactylidae
Genus:Gonatodes
Fitzinger, 1843[1][2]
Species:
31 officially described as of October 2014, see text below :







Description :
The majority of the species in the genus Gonatodes are diurnally active, scansorial, and sexually dichromatic, with adult body size (snout-vent length) ranging from 28 to 65 mm (1.1 to 2.6 in) for known species.
Female ocellated gecko Gonatodes ocellatus, Little Tobago
Gonatodes albogularis
Gonatodes concinnatus, Colombia
Diet :
The diets of the various species of Gonatodes are composed mainly of very small arthropods.
Reproduction:
Clutch size is one, with most species producing several clutches per year, and some utilizing communal egg-laying sites.
Habitat :
Most species are humid tropical forest-dwelling (some in warm lowlands, and others in somewhat cooler montane regions), with relatively fewer species utilizing more open, drier habitats at the forest edge, tropical dry seasonal forest and scrub forest. Some species (usually those that use drier natural habitats) are able to utilize even more open human-modified environments; in some cases including highly urbanized areas. Gonatodes usually spend most of their active hours perched anywhere from ground level to about 0.6 metres above ground (sometimes up to 2 or 3 metres) on vertical or near vertical surfaces of tree trunks, tree stumps, logs and sometimes rocks (as well as on walls and house-posts for those that are able to use human-altered environments). They seldom sit exposed to direct strong sunlight (they do not appear to bask), and most seem to prefer shade or less exposure to direct sun light.
Geographic range:
Species of Gonatodes are found in Central America including southern Mexico, a few Caribbean Islands (including Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica and Union Island in St. Vincent and the Grenadines) and the northern part of South America, including Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, parts of Brazil, Venezuela, the islands of Trinidad and Tobago, and some of the small islands just off the cost of northern South America.
Introduced species :
Human-mediated introductions have occurred with one species in the Galapagos Islands and another in Florida. In addition, some species have been transplanted by human activity to various regions within the general range of the genus where the particular species did not previously exist.
Male ocellated gecko Gonatodes ocellatus, Little Tobago
Gonatodes humeralis
Male ocellated gecko Gonatodes ocellatus, Little Tobago
Species :
The following 31 species are recognized as being valid.[2] Some subspecies are also listed.
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Gonatodes albogularis (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1836) – yellow-headed gecko
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Gonatodes albogularis albogularis (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1836)
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Gonatodes albogularis bodinii Rivero-Blanco, 1968
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Gonatodes albogularis notatus (J.T. Reinhardt & Lütken, 1862)
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Gonatodes alexandermendesi Cole & Kok, 2006 – Mendes' gecko
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Gonatodes annularis Boulenger, 1887 – annulated gecko
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Gonatodes antillensis (Lidth de Jeude, 1887) – Antilles gecko
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Gonatodes astralis Schargel et al., 2010
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Gonatodes atricucullaris Noble, 1921 – Cajamarca gecko
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Gonatodes caudiscutatus (Günther, 1859) – shieldhead gecko
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Gonatodes ceciliae Donoso-Barros, 1966 – variegated or brilliant South American gecko
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Gonatodes concinnatus (O'Shaughnessy, 1881) – O'Shaughnessy's gecko or collared gecko
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Gonatodes daudini Powell & Henderson, 2005 – Daudin's gecko[5]
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Gonatodes eladioi Nascimento et al., 1987 – South American gecko
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Gonatodes falconensis Shreve, 1947 – Estado Falcon gecko
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Gonatodes fuscus (Hallowell, 1855)
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Gonatodes hasemani Griffin, 1917 – Haseman's gecko
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Gonatodes humeralis (Guichenot, 1855) – Trinidad gecko
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Gonatodes infernalis Rivas & Schargel, 2008
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Gonatodes lichenosus Rojas-Runjaic et al., 2010
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Gonatodes ligiae Donoso-Barros, 1967
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Gonatodes nascimentoi Sturaro & Ávila-Pires, 2011
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Gonatodes naufragus Rivas et al., 2013
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Gonatodes ocellatus (Gray, 1831) – eyespot or ocellated gecko
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Gonatodes petersi Donoso-Barros, 1967 – Peters' gecko
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Gonatodes purpurogularis Esqueda, 2004
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Gonatodes riveroi Sturaro & Avila-Pires, 2011
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Gonatodes rozei Rivero-Blanco & Schargel, 2012
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Gonatodes seigliei Donoso-Barros, 1966 – Estados Sucre gecko
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Gonatodes superciliaris Barrio-Amorós & Brewer-Carías, 2008
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Gonatodes taniae Roze, 1963 – Estado Aragua gecko
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Gonatodes tapajonicus Rodrigues, 1980 – Pará gecko
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Gonatodes timidus Kok, 2011[6]
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Gonatodes vittatus (Lichtenstein, 1856) – Wiegmann's striped gecko
Nota bene: A binomial authority or trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species or subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Gonatodes.
For the external links , refrences click here to read the full wikipedia article
Video :
Gonatodes albogularis (Yellow-headed Gecko)
Other and recommended websites :
- Very Good : www.gonatodes.wz.cz/breeding.php?lang=eng
- www.dwarfgeckos.com/gonatodes/gonatodes.php
- www.iucnredlist.org/details/194258/0
- www.waza.org/en/zoo/pick-a-picture/gonatodes-albogularis
- www.supremegecko.com/gonatodes-vittatus
- www.wildherps.com/species/G.albogularis.html
- reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Gonatodes&species=vittatus
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Geckos : Introduction - As a Pet
Geckos Species :
- Leopard geckos 1 2 3 4
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- African Fat Tailed Geckos 1 2 3
- Day Gecko : - Giant Day Gecko: 1 2
- Other Day Geckos Geckos: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
DWARF GECKOS GROUPE :
- Lygodectylus geckos Introduction - Species :
- Lygodectylus - Yellow Headed
- Gonatodes geckos - species :
- Other species 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
- Sphaerodactylus geckos - Species : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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Leaf Tailed Geckos : 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5