''Phyllopezus heuteri'' is a
species
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of
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. They range from .
Geckos are unique among lizards ...
, a
lizard
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in the
family
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Phyllodactylidae
The Phyllodactylidae are a family of geckos (Gekkota) consisting of 163 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 analys ...
. The species is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
to
Paraguay
Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the Argentina–Paraguay border, south and southwest, Brazil to the Brazil–Paraguay border, east and northeast, and Boli ...
.
Geographic range
''P. heuteri'' is found in
Cordillera Department
Cordillera () is a department in Paraguay. The capital is the city of Caacupé.
History
During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries this area of the country was going through a serious crisis due to population bellicosity of the Indians f ...
, Paraguay.
Etymology
The
specific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''heuteri'', is in honor of German biologist
Horst Heuter.
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Description
Maximum recorded snout-to-vent length (SVL) for ''P. heuteri'' is .[
]
References
Further reading
*Cacciali, Pier; Lotzkat, Sebastian; Gamble, Tony; Köhler, Gunther (2018). "Cryptic Diversity in the Neotropical Gecko Genus ''Phyllopezus'' Peters, 1878 (Reptilia: Squamata: Phyllodactylidae): A New Species from Paraguay". ''International Journal of Zoology'' 2018: "Article ID 3958237, 14 pages". (''Phyllopezus heuteri'', new species).
Phyllopezus
Reptiles of Paraguay
Reptiles described in 2018
Taxa named by Gunther Köhler
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