Gonatodes alexandermendesi is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is indigenous to northern South America.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Sphaerodactylidae |
| Genus: | Gonatodes |
| Species: | G. alexandermendesi
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| Binomial name | |
| Gonatodes alexandermendesi | |
Etymology edit
The specific name, alexandermendesi, is in honor of Guyanese businessman Alexander Mendes for his aid to visiting naturalists.[2]
Geographic range edit
Habitat edit
The preferred natural habitat of G. alexandermendesi is forest, at altitudes of 120–900 m (390–2,950 ft).[1]
Description edit
G. alexandermendesi may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 5 cm (2.0 in).[4] It has a very elongate spine on the supraciliary flap above the eye.[5]
Reproduction edit
References edit
- ^ a b Hoogmoed M, Ouboter P (2016). "Gonatodes alexandermendesi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T66080209A66080212. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T66080209A66080212.en. Downloaded on 15 February 2019.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Gonatodes alexandermendesi, p. 175).
- ^ a b Gonatodes alexandermendesi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ^ Cole & Kok (2006), p. 9.
- ^ Cole & Kok (2006). p. 2 + Figure 2 on p. 5.
Further reading edit
- Cole, Charles J.; Kok, Philippe J. R. (2006). " A New Species of Gekkonid Lizard (Sphaerodactylinae: Gonatodes) from Guyana, South America". American Museum Novitates (3524): 1–13. (Gonatodes alexandermendesi, new species).
- Cole, Charles J.; Townsend, Carol R.; Reynolds, Robert P.; MacCulloch, Ross D.; Lathrop, Amy (2013). "Amphibians and reptiles of Guyana, South America: illustrated keys, annotated specie accounts, and a biogeographic synopsis". Proceedings of the Biological society of Washington 125 (4): 317–578 + Plates 580–620.
- Schargel, Walter E.; Rivas, Gilson A.; Makowsky, Robert; Señaris, J. Celsa; Natera, Marco A.; Barros, Tito R.; Molina, César A.; Barrio-Amorós, César L. (2010). "Phylogenetic systematics of the genus Gonatodes (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) in the Guyana region, with description of a new species from Venezuela". Systematics and Biodiversity 8 (3): 321–339.
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