Chatogekko

Chatogekko amazonicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Infraorder:	Gekkota
Family:	Sphaerodactylidae
Genus:	Chatogekko Gamble et al., 2011
Species:	C. amazonicus
Binomial name
Chatogekko amazonicus (Andersson, 1918)
Synonyms[1]
Sphaerodactylus amazonicus Andersson, 1918 Coleodactylus amazonicus Vanzolini, 1957 Coleodactylus guimaraesi Vanzolini, 1957 Coleodactylus zernyi Wettstein, 1928 Coleodactylus amazonicus Rösler, 1995 Coleodactylus amazonicus Avila-Peres & Hoogmoed, 2000 Coleodactylus amazonicus Pianka & Vitt, 2003

Chatogekko is a genus of South American geckos. Its type and only species is C. amazonicus, a very small gecko.^[2] They grow to a maximum length of only 24 millimetres (0.94 in). They are found in leaf litter on the forest floor and prey on springtails and mites.^[3][4]

The following cladogram represents phylogenetic relationships among sphaerodactyl geckos presented by Gamble et al. in 2011.^[2]

	Saurodactylus Chatogekko Gonatodes Lepidoblepharis Pseudogonatodes Coleodactylus Sphaerodactylus

References

1. Peter Uetz, Jakob Hallermann, & Jiri Hosek. "Coleodactylus amazonicus (ANDERSSON, 1918)". Reptile Database.
2. Tony Gamble, Juan D. Daza, Guarino R. Colli, Laurie J. Vitt and Aaron M. Bauer (2011). "A new genus of miniaturized and pug-nosed gecko from South America (Sphaerodactylidae: Gekkota)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163 (4): 1244–1266. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00741.x.
3. Eric R. Pianka & Laurie J. Vitt (2006). Lizards: Windows to the Evolution of Diversity. University of California Press. p. 186. ISBN 978-0-520-24847-2.
4. George R. Zug, Laurie J. Vitt, & Janalee P. Caldwell (2001). Herpetology: an introductory biology of amphibians and reptiles. Academic Press. p. 480. ISBN 978-0-12-782622-6.