Thecadactylus rapicauda (Houttuyn, 1872)

Barrio-Amorós, Cesar L. & Ortíz, Juan C., 2016, Venezuelan geckos (Gekkonidae, Phyllodactylidae, Sphaerodactylidae) in the collection of the Universidad de Concepción in Chile, with description of the type series of Gonatodes ligiae and Gonatodes petersi (Sphaerodactylidae), Zootaxa 4136 (3), pp. 537-552 : 539

Thecadactylus rapicauda (Houttuyn, 1872) .

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Specimens. MZUC 11435. (Adult female). 21 July 1964. Mariguitar, 27 km E Cumaná, estado Sucre. MZUC 40171 (subadult), 10 Novembre, 1963, Macuro, Peninsula de Paria, estado Sucre. MZUC 21150. (subadult). 10 November 1963. Macuro, Peninsula de Paria, estado Sucre (this specimen was identified originally by RDB as Hemidactylus mabouia ). MZUC 11208 (subadult), 10 November, 1963. Macuro, Peninsula de Paria, estado Sucre (this specimen was identified originally by RDB as Hemidactylus mabouia ). MZUC 11219 (subadult), 10 November 1963. Macuro, Peninsula de Paria, estado Sucre.

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FIGURE 1. A: Hemidactylus mabouia. An introduced African species. Common in all cities of Venezuela. B: Hemidactylus palaichtus, a native species, displaying sexual dimorphism; male left, female right. Río Caura, estado Bolívar. C: Phyllodactylus ventralis, a common species in dry habitats of northern Venezuela and Colombia. Coro, estado Falcón. D: Thecadactylus rapicauda, the largest South American gecko. Sierra de Lema, estado Bolívar. Photos by C. L. Barrio-Amorós.