Brazilian gecko

Brazilian gecko
	Phyllopezus pollicaris (10.3897-zoologia.37.e46661) Figures 10–15
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Phyllodactylidae
Genus:	Phyllopezus
Species:	P. pollicaris
Binomial name
	Phyllopezus pollicaris; (Spix, 1825)
Synonyms
	Thecadactylus pollicaris ; Spix, 1825; Phyllopezus goyazensis ; W. Peters, 1878; Platydactylus Spixii ; Schlegel in L. Müller & Brongersma, 1933; Phyllopezus pollicaris ; — Rodrigues, 1986;

The Brazilian gecko (Phyllopezus pollicaris) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to South America. The Brazilian gecko feeds mostly on arthropods, specifically Diptera.^[2]

Geographic range

P. pollicaris is found in Argentina, Bolivia, and Brazil.^[1] They can be found in a variety of places from Amazonia areas to also urban areas.^[3]

Dorsally, P. pollicaris is gray-brown, with darker brown transverse band-like spots.^[4]

P. pollicaris is oviparous.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c Phyllopezus pollicaris at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
^ Sousa, J. G. G. (2017). Feeding ecology of two sympatric geckos in an urban area of Northeastern Brazil. Acta Herpetologica., 12(1), 49–54. https://doi.org/10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-18354
^ Sousa, J. G. G. (2017). Feeding ecology of two sympatric geckos in an urban area of Northeastern Brazil. Acta Herpetologica., 12(1), 49–54. https://doi.org/10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-18354
^ Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (Phyllopezus goyazensis, pp. 145-146).