''Gymnodactylus'' is a

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Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

ian

gecko Geckos are small, mostly carnivorous lizards that have a wide distribution, found on every continent except Antarctica. Belonging to the infraorder Gekkota, geckos are found in warm climates throughout the world. They range from . Geckos ar ...

s, commonly known as naked-toed geckos, in the

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Phyllodactylidae The Phyllodactylidae are a family of geckos (Gekkota) consisting of over 150 species in 10 genera, distributed throughout the New World, North Africa, Europe and the Middle East. The family was first delineated based on a molecular phylogenetic a ...

Species

The following five

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are recognized as being valid. www.reptile-database.org."''Gymnodactylus'' ". ''Dahms Tierleben''. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Gekkota/phyllodactylidae. *''

Gymnodactylus amarali ''Gymnodactylus amarali'' is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Brazil. Etymology The specific name, ''amarali'', is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Afrânio Pompílio Gastos do Amaral. Beolens, Bo; ...

'' Barbour, 1925 *''

Gymnodactylus darwinii ''Gymnodactylus darwinii'' is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Brazil. Etymology The specific name, ''darwinii'', is in honor of English naturalist Charles Darwin. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Gra ...

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, 1845) *'' Gymnodactylus geckoides''

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, 1825 *''

Gymnodactylus guttulatus ''Gymnodactylus guttulatus'' is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. It is endemic to Serra do Espinhaço, Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in ...

'' Vanzolini, 1982 * ''

Gymnodactylus vanzolinii ''Gymnodactylus vanzolinii'' is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is native to Brazil. Etymology The specific name, ''vanzolinii'', is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist and samba composer Paulo Vanzolini. Beolen ...

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in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Gymnodactylus''.

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