Goias gecko

Goias gecko
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Sphaerodactylidae
Genus:	Coleodactylus
Species:	C. brachystoma
Binomial name
	Coleodactylus brachystoma; (Amaral, 1935)
Synonyms
	Homonota brachystoma ; Amaral, 1935; Sphaerodactylus pfrimeri ; Miranda-Ribeiro, 1937; Coleodactylus brachystoma ; — Wermuth, 1965;

The Goias gecko (Coleodactylus brachystoma) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Brazil.

Geographic range

C. brachystoma is found in the Brazilian states of Goiás, Mato Grosso, and Piauí.^[1]

C. brachystoma is oviparous.^[1]

Albuquerque Brandão, Reuber; Motta, Paulo Cesar (2005). "Circumstantial evidences for mimicry of scorpions by the neotropical gecko Coleodactylus brachystoma (Squamata, Gekkonidae) in the Cerrados of central Brazil". Phyllomedusa 4 (2): 139–145.
Amaral A (1935). "Estudos sobre lacertilios Neotropicos. III. Um novo genero e duas novas especies de geckonideos e uma nova raça de amphisbenideo, procedentes do Brasil central ". Memórias do Instituto Butantan 9: 251–256. (Homonota brachystoma, new species, p. 254). (in Portuguese).

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