Gymnodactylus

Gymnodactylus
Gymnodactylus vanzolinii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Sauria or Lacertilia
Infraorder:	Gekkota
Family:	Phyllodactylidae
Genus:	Gymnodactylus Spix, 1825[1]

Gymnodactylus is a genus of Brazilian geckos, commonly known as naked-toed geckos.^[2]

Species

The following five species are recognized.^[2][3]

• Gymnodactylus amarali Barbour, 1925
• Gymnodactylus darwinii (Gray, 1845)
• Gymnodactylus geckoides Spix, 1825
• Gymnodactylus guttulatus Vanzolini, 1982
• Gymnodactylus vanzolinii Cassimiro & Rodrigues, 2009

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

References

1. "Gymnodactylus ". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
2. "Gymnodactylus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
3. "Gymnodactylus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Gekkota/phyllodactylidae.

Further reading

• Spix JB. 1825. Animalia nova sive species novae lacertarum, quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII – MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae Regis suscepto collegit et descripsit. Munich: F.S. Hübschmann. Index (4 unnumbered pp.) + 26 pp. + 30 color plates. (Gymnodactylus, new genus, p. 17). (in Latin).