Homonota darwinii, also known commonly as Darwin's marked gecko or the prickly gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Argentina. There are two recognized subspecies.[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. darwinii
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| Homonota darwinii Boulenger, 1885
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Etymology
editThe specific name, darwinii, is in honor of English naturalist Charles Darwin, author of On the Origin of Species.[3]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitats of H. darwinii are grassland, shrubland, and forest.[1]
Reproduction
editSubspecies
editTwo subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[2]
- Homonota darwinii darwinii Boulenger, 1885
- Homonota darwinii macrocephala Cei, 1978
References
edit- ^ a b c Arzamendia, V.; Fitzgerald, L.; Giraudo, A.; Kacoliris, F.; Montero, R.; Pelegrin, N.; Scrocchi, G.; Williams, J. (2016). "Homonota darwinii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T56234119A56234126. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T56234119A56234126.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Homonota darwinii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 26 January 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. (Homonota darwinii, p. 65).
Further reading
edit- 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. (Homonota darwinii, new species, pp. 21–22 + Plate III, figures 7, 7a, 7b).
- Cei JM (1978). "Homonota darwinii macrocephala, n. subsp., del noroeste de Argentina (Sauria, Gekkonidae)". Publicaciones Ocasionales, Instituto de Biologia Animal, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza Argentina (4): 1–4. (Homonota darwinii macrocephala, new subspecies). (in Spanish).
- Pérez CH, Minoli I (2014). "Depredación de Homonota darwinii Laurent, 1984 [sic] (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae) por Bothriurus burmeisteri Kraepelin, 1894 (Scorpiones: Bothriuridae) en la Provincia del Chubut, Argentina". Cuadernos de Herpetología 28 (2): 1–2. (in Spanish).
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