Homonota underwoodi
Homonota underwoodi is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Argentina.[2]
| Homonota underwoodi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Phyllodactylidae |
| Genus: | Homonota |
| Species: | H. underwoodi |
| Binomial name | |
| Homonota underwoodi Kluge, 1964 | |
Etymology
The specific name, underwoodi, is in honor of British herpetologist Garth Leon Underwood (1919–2002).[3]
Geographic range
H. underwoodi is found in the Argentinian provinces of Catamarca, La Rioja, Mendoza, Río Negro, and San Juan.[2]
References
- Arzamendia V, Fitzgerald L, Giraudo A, Kacoliris F, Montero R, Pelegrin N, Scrocchi G, Williams J (2016). "Homonota underwoodi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T56234232A56234235. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T56234232A56234235.en. Downloaded on 26 January 2019.
- Homonota underwoodi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 26 January 2019.
- Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Homonota underwoodi, p. 270).
Further reading
- Ávila LJ, Martinez LE, Morando M (2013). "Checklist of lizards and amphibaenians of Argentina: an update". Zootaxa 3616 (3): 201–238.
- Kluge AG (1964). "A Revision of the South American Lizard Genus Homonota Gray". American Museum Novitates (2193): 1–41. (Homonota underwoodi, new species, pp. 25–28, Figure 7).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Homonota underwoodi, p. 89). (in German).
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