Borelli's marked gecko
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Phyllodactylidae |
| Genus: | Homonota |
| Species: | H. borellii
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| Binomial name | |
| Homonota borellii (Peracca, 1897)
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Borelli's marked gecko (Homonota borellii) is a species of gecko in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to South America.
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, borellii, is in honor of French-born Italian ornithologist Alfredo Borelli.[3]
Geographic range
[edit]H. borrellii is found in Argentina and Paraguay.[2]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitats of H. borellii are grassland, shrubland, and savanna.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Arzamendia, V.; Fitzgerald, L.; Giraudo, A.; Kacoliris, F.; Montero, R.; Pelegrin, N.; Scrocchi, G.; Williams, J. (2016). "Homonota borellii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T56234098A56234103. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T56234098A56234103.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Homonota borellii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 26 January 2019.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Homonota borellii, p. 32).
Further reading
[edit]- Gallardo JM (1969). "Las especies de saurios (Reptilia) de la Provincia de Santa Fe, Argentina, y consideraciones sobre su ecologia y zoogeografia". Neotropica 15 (47): 73–81. (in Spanish).
- Peracca MG (1897). "Viaggio del Dott[or]. Alfredo Borelli nel Chaco boliviano e nella Repubblica Argentina. Rettili ed Anfibi ". Bolletino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della R[egia]. Università di Torino 12 (274): 1–19. (Gymnodactylus borellii, new species, pp. 2–3). (in Italian).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Homonota borellii, p. 89). (in German).
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