Coleodactylus natalensis

Coleodactylus natalensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gekkonidae
Subfamily:	Gekkoninae
Genus:	Coleodactylus
Species:	Coleodactylus natalensis Freire, 1999[1]

Coleodactylus natalensis is a species of South American Gekkonidae (gecko). With a length of 35 millimetres, it is one of the smallest known lizards.

A common name for the species is Natal Pigmy Gecko, the specific epithet refers to the location Natal, Rio Grande do Norte of its first discovery. It is endemic to the Atlantic Forest of Brazil.^[2]

Classification

The genus is placed in the subfamily Gekkoninae or Sphaerodactylinae.

References

1. Freire, E. M. X. 1999. Espécie nova de Coleodactylus PARKER, 1926 das Dunas de Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brasil, com notas sobre suas relaçoãs dicromatismo sexual no género (Squamata, Gekkonidae). Bol. Mus. Nac. nov. Ser. Rio de Janeiro, 399: 1-14.
2. Herpetological Review 39(2), 2008

• Coleodactylus natalensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

Further reading

• The genus Coleodactylus (Sphaerodactylinae, Gekkota) revisited: A molecular phylogenetic perspective. Silvia Rodrigues Geurgasa, Miguel Trefaut Rodriguesa and Craig Moritz. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 49 1 October 2008, Pages 92-101

SANTOS, R. L.Life in the leaf litter: the Natal pigmy gecko Coleodactylus natalensis.. Reptilia. , v.37, p.52 - 56, 2004.

SANTOS, R. L.Viviendo entre la hojarasca. El geco pigmeo de Natal Coleodactylus natalensis. Reptilia. , v.50, p.56 - 60, 2004.

External links

Data related to Coleodactylus natalensis at Wikispecies