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REPTILIA: SAURlA: GEKKONIDAE * * * GYMNODACTYLUS 



GYMNODACTYLUS Sp!x 



I825 GymnodactYlus Spix, Sp, Nov. Lac. Bras.: I7. Type-species; GymnodactYlus gecko ides Spix. 

 1827 Cyrtodactylus Gray, Phil. Mag., (2) 2: 56. Type-species: Cyrtodactylus pulchella Gray. 

 1843 Anomalurus Fitzinger (preoccupied by Anomalurus Waterhouse, I843), Systema Reptilium: 5O. Type- 

 species: Phyllurus m i 1 i us i i (= m i 1 i i ) Ouméril and Bibron. 

 1843 Dasyderma Fitzinger, Systema Reptilium: 92. Type-spec Íes: Gonyodactylus spi nulosus Fitzinger. 

 1843 CyrtoDodion Fitzinger. Systema Reptilium: 53* Type-spec i es: Stenodactylus scaber Heyden. 

 1860 Puellula Blyth, Jour. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, 29: IO9. Type-species: Puellula rubida Blyth. 



1867 Gecl<oella Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1867: ')&• Type-species: Geckoella punctata Gray - 



Gymnodactylus tr iedrus Günther. 



1868 D inosaura G i stl. Blicke in das Leben der Natur: I45. Type-spec i es: Stenodactylus scaber Heyder 

 136*5 Underwoodisaurus Wermuth. Das Tierreich, 80; ix. Type-spec i es: Gymnodactylus mili i (Bory). 



Distribution; Worldwide in warmer climates. 



Content: About ]0 species, only one of which occurs within limits of this work. 



GYMNODACTYLUS GECKO I DES Spix 



1823 Gymnodactylus qeckoides Spix. Sp. Nov. Lac. Bras.: I7, pi. 18, fig. 1. Type-locality: Bahia, 



Brazil. 

 1933 Gymnodactylus qeckoides — Vanzolini, Pap, Avul. Oepto. Zool. Sao Paulo, 11: 22$. 



Distribution: Brazil. 



Content: Three subspecies. 



Key to the subspecies Clave de subespecies 



1. With fewer than 60 tubercles along para- 1. Menos de 60 tubérculos en la hilera para- 



median line 2 mediana 2 



With more than 64 tubercles along para- Más de 64 tubérculos en la hilera para- 

 median 1 i ne darw in i I med i a na darw in i i 



2. With 17-20 rows of ventrals; 37"^5 tuber- 2. Diseño dorsal uniforme o marmorado; 37-45 



cíes along paramedian line; dorsal pattern tubérculos en la hilera paramediana; 17-20 



uniform or spotted; 17-20 lamellae under hileras de ventrales; 17-20 lámelas bajo 



fourth toe gecko i des el cuarto dedo qeckoi des 



With 19-24 rows of ventrals; 32-43 tuber- Diseño dorsal raramente uniforme, marmorado 



cíes along paramedian line; dorsal pattern o con ocelos; 32-43 tubérculos en la 



rarely uniform, may be spotted or with hilera paramediana; 19-24 hileras de 



ocelli; 13-19 lamellae under fourth toe ventrales; I3-I9 lámelas bajo el cuarto 



amaral i dedo amaral i 



Gymnodactylus gecko i des gecko i des Sp ix 



I83I Cyrtodactylus Sp ix i i Gray (substitute name for Gymnodactylus gecko i des Spix), Synopsis 

 Species Class Reptilia, in Griffith, Cuvier's Animal Kindgom, 9; 52. 



I833 Cecko gymnodactylus Schinz (substitute name for Gymnodactylus gecko Ides Spix), 

 Naturgesch ichte und Abbildungen der Reptilien: 75, pi. I6. 



1843 Gonyodactylus ( Dasyderma ) sp inulosus Fitzinger (substitute name for Gymnodactylus 

 qeckoi des Sp ix),' Systema Reptilium: 92. 



1933 Gymnodactylus conspicuus Amaral, Mem. Inst. Butantan, 7 (1932); 57, figs. 9, 10. Type- 

 locality: Villa Nova (= Senhor do Bonflm), Bahia, Brazil. 



1933 Gymnodactylus qeckoides qecko I des — Vanzol i n i , Pap. Avul. Oepto. Zool. Sao Paulo, 11: 252, 

 pi. 1, figs. 1-5. 



Distribution: Salvador, Bahia, to northern Paraiba, Brazil. 



Gymnodactylus gecko ides amaral i Barbour 



1925 Gymnodactylus amaral i Barbour, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 38: 101. Type-locality: 



Engenheiro Dodt, Santa Philomena, upper Rio Parnahyba, Brazil. 

 1953 Gymnodactylus qecko i des amaral i — Vanzolini, Pap. Avul. Oepto. Zool. Sao Paulo, 11: 255, 



pi. 2, figs. 2-3. 



Distribution: Rio Parnahyba to Rio das Mortes, south to southern Goias, east to southern 

 Bahia, Brazil. 



