Phyllodactylus ventralis O’Shaughnessy, 1875

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 : 538

Phyllodactylus ventralis O’Shaughnessy, 1875 .

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Specimens. MZUC 11131 (Adult female). 30 May 1964. Macuro, estado Sucre. MZUC 11135. (juv) 9 February, 1963. Isla de Patos, estado Sucre. MZUC 11297 (adult female), 9 February 1963, Macuro, estado Sucre. MZUC 11408 (adult male), 30 May 1963, Macuro, estado Sucre. MZUC 40170 (juv), 9 February 1963, Macuro, estado Sucre. MZUC 40169 (juv), 9 February 1963, Macuro, estado Sucre. MZUC 40167 (adult male), 9 February 1963, Macuro, estado Sucre. MZUC 40166 (adult male), 30 May 1963, Macuro, 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.