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repulía: SAURIA: GEKKONIDAE * * * COLEODACTYLUS 



COLEODACTYLUS Parker 



1526 Coleodactylus Parker, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (5) 17= 258. Type-species: Sphaerodactylus meridi - 

 onalis Boulenger. 



Distribution: Brazil and Guyana. 

 Content: Four species. 



Key to the species Clave de especies 



1. Dorsal scales smooth 2 1. Escamas dorsales lisas 2 



Dorsal scales keeled amazon ¡cus Escamas dorsales qui liadas amazonicus 



2. More than 40 ventral scales 3 



2. Número de escamas ventrales mayor que 40 



3 



Fewerthan 40 ventral scales qu imaraes i m' j in j «n 



^ Numero de escamas ventrales no mayor de 40 



— qu i maraes i 



3. Snout rounded; sheath of claw formed dorsally 



by a single scale brachystoma 3- Hocico romboidal; vaina de la uña formada dor- 



Snout pointed; sheath of claw formed dorsally salmente por una escama brachystoma 



by three scales mer idionalis Hocico puntiagudo; vaina de la uña formada doi — 



salmente por tres escamas meridional is 



COLEODACTYLUS AMAZONICUS (Andersson) 



1918 Sphaerodactylus amazonicus Andersson. Ark. for Zool., 11 (16): 1. Type-locality: Lago 



Poraquécuare, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. 

 1928 Coleodactylus zernyi Wettstein, Zool. Anz., 76; 110, fig. 1. Type-locality: Taperinha, 



Santarem, Para, Brazil. 

 19'^7 Coleodactylus amazonicug — Vanzollni, Pap. Avul. Depto. Zool. S3o Paulo, I3: 6, fig. 2. 



Distribution: Amazon Basin in Brazil; French Guiana, Guyana; Territorio Amazonas, Venezuela. 



COLEODACTYLUS BRACHYSTOMA (Amaral) 



193*) Homonota brachystoma Amaral. Mem. Inst. Butantan, 9: 254, fig. 8. Type-locality: Cana Brava, 



Golas, Brazil. 

 1939 Sphaerodactylus pfrimeri Miranda-Ribeiro, Campo, 1937» '^^'- *6. Type-locality: Rio Las Palmas, 



Goiás, Brazil. 

 19*57 Coleodactylus brachystoma — Vanzplini, Pap. Avul. Depto. Zool. Sao Paulo, 13: 4, fig. 4. 



Distribution: Estado de Goiás, Brazil. 



COLEODACTYLUS GU IMARAES I Vanzollni 



1957 Coleodactylus quimaríesi Vanzollni, Pap. Avul. Depto. Zool. Sio Paulo, I3: 8. Type-locality: 

 Pftrto Velho, Territorio de RondSnia, Brazil. 



Distribution: Known only from type locality. 



COLEODACTYLUS MERIOIONALIS (Boulenger) 



1888 Sphaerodactylus meridionalis Boulenger. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (6) 2: 40. Type-locality: 



Igaraju, Pernambuco, Brazil. 

 1926 Coleodactylus meridionalis — Parker. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (9) I7: 3OO. 

 1957 Coleodactylus meridionalis — Vanzollni, Pap. Avul. Depto. Zool. SSo Paulo, 13: 2, fig. 1. 



Distribution: Guyana, southern Venezuela, and northern Brazil. 



