Gonatodes humeralis (Guichenot, 1855)

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 : 542

Gonatodes humeralis (Guichenot, 1855) .

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Specimens. MZUC 11136 and 21188 (adult males), and MZUC 21187 (adult female with calcium carbonate deposits on the sides of head), 12 August 1964, Tucupita, estado Delta Amacuro. MZUC 11271, 21197, 21199, 21200 (adult males) and MZUC 21198, 21202 (adult females), 10 April 1964, Caripito, estado Monagas. MZUC 11310, 21190, (adult males), and MZUC 21189 (juv.), 11 November 1963, Santa Isabel, estado Sucre. MZUC 21192-94 (adult males) and MZUC 11311, 21195, 21196 (adult females), 11 November 1963, Bohordel, estado Sucre.

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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.