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Coleodactylus amazonicus

Chatogekko
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Chatogekko
Gamble et al., 2011
Species: C. amazonicus
Binomial name
Chatogekko amazonicus
(Andersson, 1918)
Synonyms
  • Sphaerodactylus amazonicus Andersson, 1918
  • Coleodactylus amazonicus Vanzolini, 1957
  • Coleodactylus guimaraesi Vanzolini, 1957
  • Coleodactylus zernyi Wettstein, 1928
  • Coleodactylus amazonicus Rösler, 1995
  • Coleodactylus amazonicus Avila-Peres & Hoogmoed, 2000
  • Coleodactylus amazonicus Pianka & Vitt, 2003

Chatogekko is a genus of South American geckos. Its type and only species is C. amazonicus, a very small gecko. They grow to a maximum length of only 24 millimetres (0.94 in). They are found in leaf litter on the forest floor and prey on springtails and mites.

The following cladogram represents phylogenetic relationships among sphaerodactyl geckos presented by Gamble et al. in 2011.

Saurodactylus

Chatogekko

Gonatodes

Lepidoblepharis

Pseudogonatodes

Coleodactylus

Sphaerodactylus



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