Gonatodes vittatus ( Lichtenstein , 1856)

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 : 551

Gonatodes vittatus ( Lichtenstein, 1856) .

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Specimens. 14 June 1963, Cumanacoa, estado Sucre: (adult males): MZUC 11284, 21167-68, 21172-73, 21175-81. (adult females): MZUC 21170-71, 21174, 21182. 21 September 1963, Mariguitar estado Sucre (adult males): MZUC 21184-85. 26 August 1963, Los Ipures, Cumanacoa MZUC 11270 (adult male), MZUC 21166 (adult female). MZUC 11269 (adult female), 1 June 1963, Cumanacoa, estado Sucre. MZUC 21163-64 (adult males) and MZUC 8574 (adult female), 22 September 1963, Camino a Cumanacoa, estado Sucre. MZUC 8554 (adult female), 22 September 1963, km 22 a Cumanacoa. MZUC 8572 (adult female) and MZUC 21160-62 (juveniles), 9 November 1963, Peninsula de Paria, estado Sucre.

Remarks. MZUC 12306 (RDB 2780), identified as Sphaerodactylus molei by RDB, is herein considered a juvenile Gonatodes sp. (probably vittatus based on the locality: Playa Cumanacoa, estado Sucre, Venezuela). This juvenile specimen is quite dehydrated and discolored. It is characterized as Gonatodes instead of Sphaerodactylus due to the presence of claws on fingers and toes (distal phalanx asymmetric in Sphaerodactylus ; Peters & Donoso- Barros 1970). Rivas-Fuenmayor et al. (2006) present data on natural history of this species.

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FIGURE 2. A: Gonatodes albogularis. A common species in Northern Venezuela and Colombia, now introduced to many areas where it formerly was unknown. Male. La Acequia, estado Barinas. B: Gonatodes ceciliae, male. A gorgeous species endemic to the Península de Paria; Macuro, estado Sucre, described by RDB. C: Gonatodes humeralis. One of the most widespread geckos in South America. Male. Imataca, estado Bolívar. D: Gonatodes seigliei, male. Another beautiful species described by RDB, from Cueva del Guácharo, estado Monagas. E: Gonatodes taniae, female. An endemic species from the central Cordillera de la Costa in Northern Venezuela. Rancho Grande, estado Aragua. F: Gonatodes vittatus, male. Common species in dry areas, Coro, estado Falcón. Photos by C. L. Barrio-Amorós.