Estados Sucre gecko

The Estado's Sucre gecko (Gonatodes seigliei) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Venezuela.

Etymology

The specific name, seigliei, is in honor of Cuban-Venezuelan micropaleontologist George Alfredo Seiglie (1926–1988).

Geographic range

G. seigliei is found in the Venezuelan states of Monagas and Sucre.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of G. seigliei is forest, at altitudes of .

Description

G. seigliei is a small gecko, characterized by granular rostral and labial scales, black vermiculations on the yellowish head and the dorsum, and the presence of a pair of small ocelli (eye spots) located very anteriorly, above the shoulders.

Reproduction

G. seigliei is oviparous.

References

Further reading

• (1966). "Dos nuevos Gonatodes de Venezuela". Publicaciones Ocasionales, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Santiago de Chile 11: 1–32. (Gonatodes seigliei, new species, p. 11). (in Spanish).
• Rivas GA, Molina CR, Ugueto GN, Barros TR, , (2012). "Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist". Zootaxa 3211: 1–64.
• Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Gonatodes seigliei, p. 84). (in German).