Chilean marked gecko

The Chilean marked gecko (Garthia gaudichaudii) is a species of gecko endemic to the Chilean matorral ecoregion, found chiefly in the nation of Chile (Hogan & World Wildlife Fund 2013). The common name for this species is Chilean marked gecko.

Chilean marked gecko
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Garthia
Species:
G. gaudichaudii
Binomial name
Garthia gaudichaudii
Synonyms[1]
  • Gymnodactylus gaudichaudii
    A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1836
  • Saurodactylus gaudichaudii
    — Fitzinger, 1843
  • Homonota guidichaudi [sic]
    — Gray, 1845
    (ex errore)
  • Gonatodes gaudichaudii
    — Boulenger, 1885
  • Homonota gaudichaudii
    — Kluge, 1964
  • Garthia gaudichaudii
    — Donoso-Barros & Vanzolini, 1965

Taxonomy

This organism was first described by André Marie Constant Duméril and Gabriel Bibron in the year 1836 as a new species of lizard, Gymnodactylus gaudichaudii. Over the years the species has been assigned to several different genera by various authorities. Most recently, it has been placed in the genus Garthia.

Etymology

The specific name, gaudichaudii, is in honor of French botanist Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré.[2]

References
  1. "Garthia gaudichaudii ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. 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. (Homonota gaudichaudii, p. 99).

Further reading
  • Duméril AMC, Bibron G (1836). Erpétologie générale ou Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles, Tome troisième [General Herpetology or Complete Natural History of the Reptiles, Volume 3]. Paris: Roret. iv + 517 pp. (Gymnodactylus gaudichaudii, new species, pp. 413–414).
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