Homonota underwoodi is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Argentina.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Phyllodactylidae |
| Genus: | Homonota |
| Species: | H. underwoodi
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| Binomial name | |
| Homonota underwoodi Kluge, 1964
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Etymology edit
The specific name, underwoodi, is in honor of British herpetologist Garth Leon Underwood (1919–2002).[3]
Geographic range edit
H. underwoodi is found in the Argentinian provinces of Catamarca, La Rioja, Mendoza, Río Negro, and San Juan.[2]
Habitat edit
The preferred natural habitat of H. underwoodi is shrubland.[1]
Reproduction edit
References edit
- ^ a b Arzamendia, V.; Fitzgerald, L.; Giraudo, A.; Kacoliris, F.; Montero, R.; Pelegrin, N.; Scrocchi, G.; Williams, J. (2016). "Homonota underwoodi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T56234232A56234235. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T56234232A56234235.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Homonota underwoodi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 26 January 2019.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Homonota underwoodi, p. 270).
Further reading edit
- Ávila LJ, Martinez LE, Morando M (2013). "Checklist of lizards and amphibaenians of Argentina: an update". Zootaxa 3616 (3): 201–238.
- Kluge AG (1964). "A Revision of the South American Lizard Genus Homonota Gray". American Museum Novitates (2193): 1–41. (Homonota underwoodi, new species, pp. 25–28, Figure 7).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Homonota underwoodi, p. 89). (in German).
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