Chatogekko

Chatogekko
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Sphaerodactylidae
Genus:Chatogekko
Gamble et al., 2011
Species: C. amazonicus
Binomial name
Chatogekko amazonicus
(Andersson, 1918)
Synonyms[1]
  • Sphaerodactylus amazonicus Andersson, 1918
  • Coleodactylus amazonicus Vanzolini, 1957
  • Coleodactylus guimaraesi Vanzolini, 1957
  • Coleodactylus zernyi Wettstein, 1928
  • Coleodactylus amazonicus Rösler, 1995
  • Coleodactylus amazonicus Avila-Peres & Hoogmoed, 2000
  • Coleodactylus amazonicus Pianka & Vitt, 2003

Chatogekko is a genus of South American geckos. Its type and only species is a very small gecko C. amazonicus, the Brazilian Pygmy Gecko.[2] They grow to a maximum length of only 24 millimetres (0.94 in). They are found in leaf litter on the forest floor and prey on springtails and mites.[3][4]

The following cladogram represents phylogenetic relationships among sphaerodactyl geckos presented by Gamble et al. in 2011.[2]

 

 

Saurodactylus

 
 

 

Chatogekko

 
 

 

Gonatodes

 
 

Lepidoblepharis

 
 
 

 

Pseudogonatodes

 
 

 

Coleodactylus

 
 

Sphaerodactylus

 
 
 
 
 

References

  1. ↑ Peter Uetz; Jakob Hallermann; Jiri Hosek. "Coleodactylus amazonicus (ANDERSSON, 1918)". Reptile Database.
  2. 1 2 Tony Gamble; Juan D. Daza; Guarino R. Colli; Laurie J. Vitt & Aaron M. Bauer (2011). "A new genus of miniaturized and pug-nosed gecko from South America (Sphaerodactylidae: Gekkota)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 163 (4): 1244–1266. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00741.x. PMC 3223738. PMID 22125341.
  3. ↑ Eric R. Pianka; Laurie J. Vitt (2006). Lizards: Windows to the Evolution of Diversity. University of California Press. p. 186. ISBN 978-0-520-24847-2.
  4. ↑ George R. Zug; Laurie J. Vitt; Janalee P. Caldwell (2001). Herpetology: an introductory biology of amphibians and reptiles. Academic Press. p. 480. ISBN 978-0-12-782622-6.


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