Haseman's gecko

Haseman's gecko (Gonatodes hasemani) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is indigenous to northern South America.

Haseman's gecko
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Gekkota
Family:	Sphaerodactylidae
Genus:	Gonatodes
Species:	G. hasemani
Binomial name
Gonatodes hasemani Griffin, 1917
Synonyms[2]
Gonatodes hasemani Griffin, 1917 Gonatodes spinulosus Amaral, 1933 Gonatodes hasemanni [sic] Vanzolini, 1953 (ex errore) Gonatodes hasemani — Kluge, 1993

Etymology

The specific name, hasemani, is in honor of American ichthyologist John Diederich Haseman, who collected specimens in South America (1907–1910) for Carnegie Museum (now Carnegie Museum of Natural History).^[3]

Geographic range

G. hasemani is native to northern Bolivia (Pando, Beni), northern Brazil (Acre, Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Pará, Rondônia), southeastern Colombia (Vaupés), and eastern Peru.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of G. hasemani is forest.^[1]

Description

G. hasemani may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 3 cm (1.2 in).^[4]

Reproduction

G. hasemani is oviparous.^[2]

Parasites

G. hasemani is a host for parasitic worms of the genera Mesocestoides and Skrjabinelazia.^[5]