Homonota

Homonota is a genus of South American geckos, commonly known as marked geckos.

Homonota
South American marked gecko,
Homonota horrida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Homonota
Gray, 1845

Species & subspecies

Nota bene: A binomial authority or trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species or subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Homonota.

Geographic range

Species within this genus are known to occur in many parts of South America.

References

  1. 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 andicola, p. 50; H. borelli, p. 32; H. darwini, p. 65; H. underwoodi, p. 270).

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Gekkonidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (Genus Homonota, p. 21), (Homonota darwinii, new species, pp. 21–22 + Plate III, Figure 7), (Homonota whitii, new species, p. 22 + Plate III, Figure 6).
  • Gray JE (1845). Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xxviii + 289 pp. (Homonota, new genus, p. 171).
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