taxonID	type	description	language	source
03AE87D6FFA4FFD4493DFD21EAA181CD.taxon	materials_examined	Type species: Sphaerodactylus amazonicus (Andersson, 1918) Diagnosis and description: A miniaturized species complex of diurnal sphaerodactyl geckos. Mean SVL 21 ± 1.8 mm, N = 41. Snout shortened. Pupil round. Body cylindrical. Dorsal scales keeled. Claws enclosed in ungual sheath consisting of four scales. Posterior edge of premaxilla contacts medial process of frontal bone. Posterior edge of ascending nasal process bifurcated. Palatine longer than vomer. Postparietal process of parietal in contact with supraoccipital and otooccipital, but not squamosal. Reduced paroccipital process located dorsally to fenestra ovalis.	en	Gamble, Tony, Daza, Juan D., Colli, Guarino R., Vitt, Laurie J., Bauer, Aaron M. (2011): A new genus of miniaturized and pug-nosed gecko from South America (Sphaerodactylidae: Gekkota). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163 (4): 1244-1266, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00741.x, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00741.x
03AE87D6FFA4FFD4493DFD21EAA181CD.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Central and eastern Amazonia, including the Brazilian states of Acre, Amazonas, Rondônia, Mato Grosso, Roraima, Pará, and Amapá; French Guiana; Guyana; Suriname; the Venezuelan state of Amazonas; and northern Bolivia (Gasc, 1990; Avila-Pires, 1995; Langstroth, 2005; Geurgas & Rodrigues, 2010). Natural history: Chatogekko lives in the leaf litter in a variety of undisturbed lowland forested habitats (Vitt et al., 2005). These geckos are active throughout the day although they do not bask (Hoogmoed, 1973). Diet is made up of small insects including springtails, mites and ticks, termites, homopterans, and larval insects (Hoogmoed, 1973; Ramos, 1981; Vitt et al., 2005). Females lay one egg per clutch and can produce several clutches during the year (Hoogmoed, 1973; Gasc, 1990). Chatogekko can be locally very abundant but appears to be negatively affected by forest fragmentation (Carvalho et al., 2008). Etymology: A composite word from the Spanish and Portuguese ‘ Chato’, derived from the Greek ‘ Platus’, meaning ‘ flat’ and referring to its pug-nosed snout; and gekko from the Malay ‘ gekoq’, onomatopoeic of the call of the species Gekko gecko and the common name to all limbed gekkotans. A Sri Lankan origin for the word gekko, derived from the Sinhalese word ‘ gego’, is also possible (de Silva & Bauer, 2008). The name is masculine. Species composition: Chatogekko amazonicus (Andersson, 1918). In addition, the names C. zernyi (Wettstein, 1928) and C. guimaraesi (Vanzolini, 1957) are available for populations from eastern Amazonia and southwest Amazon, respectively. See Discussion for details.	en	Gamble, Tony, Daza, Juan D., Colli, Guarino R., Vitt, Laurie J., Bauer, Aaron M. (2011): A new genus of miniaturized and pug-nosed gecko from South America (Sphaerodactylidae: Gekkota). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163 (4): 1244-1266, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00741.x, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00741.x
03AE87D6FFAAFFD649D6FD8CEE318553.taxon	materials_examined	Type species: Sphaerodactylus meridionalis (Boulenger, 1888). Diagnosis and description: A miniaturized species complex of diurnal sphaerodactyl geckos. SVL 20 – 28 mm (Vanzolini, 1968 b; Avila-Pires, 1995). Snout elongate. Pupil round. Body cylindrical. Dorsal scales smooth or imbricate. Claws enclosed in an ungual sheath consisting of five scales.	en	Gamble, Tony, Daza, Juan D., Colli, Guarino R., Vitt, Laurie J., Bauer, Aaron M. (2011): A new genus of miniaturized and pug-nosed gecko from South America (Sphaerodactylidae: Gekkota). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163 (4): 1244-1266, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00741.x, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00741.x
03AE87D6FFAAFFD649D6FD8CEE318553.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Northern and eastern Brazil including states of Alagoas, Bahia, Ceará, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato · Figure 5. Skull of Chatogekko amazonicus (USNM 290904) from Pará, Brazil. A, dorsal; B, ventral; and C, lateral views of the cranium. D, labial view of the jaw. Abbreviations: ar, articular; ascc, anterior semicircular canal; asnp, ascending nasal process; bo, basioccipital; bp, basipterygoid process; bpcp, cartilaginous pad of the basipterygoid process; c, choana; cc, choanal canal; cal, crista alaris; clp, clinoid process; cob, compound bone; cor, coronoid; cp, cultriform process; cpro, crista prootica; d, dentary; dpp, decensus parietalis process; eco, extracollumella; ect, ectopterygoid; en, external nares; ept, epipterygoid; f, frontal; fco, fossa columellae; fe, fenestra exochoanalis; fov, fenestra ovalis; f-par, frontoparietal suture; hscc, horizontal semicircular canal; iptv, interpterygoid vacuity; j, jugal; lf, lacrimal foramen; mis, median interorbital septum; msy, mandibular symphysis; mx, maxilla; mxlp, maxillary lappet; mxs, maxillary shelf; mxsf, foramen of the maxillary shelf; n, nasal; occ, occipital condyle; ocr, occipital recess; ors, orbitosphenoid; oto, otooccipital; pa, pila accessoria; pal, palatine; par, parietal; pmx, premaxilla; pmx-v f, premaxillary-vomer fenestra; pof, postorbitofrontal; polc, posterior opening of the longitudinal canal; pop, paroccipital process; ppp, postparietal process; prf, prefrontal; pro, prootic; ps, planum supraseptale; psaf, posterior surangular foramen; pscc, posterior semicircular canal; pt, pterygoid; pvc, posterior opening of vidian canal; q, quadrate; qf, quadrate foramen; rap, retroarticular process; rvj, recessus vena jugularis; saf, surangular foramen; sop, subolfactory process; spht, sphenooccipital tubercle; st, stapes; stf; stapedial foramen; stfp, stapedial footplate; sa, surangular; smx, septomaxilla; so, supraoccipital; sof, suborbital fenestra; sph, sphenoid; sq, squamosal; V, incisura prootica; vo, vomer. Scale bar = 5 mm. f-par pof f q A pmx asnp so n pt par ept iptv q ept B pscc bopmx occ polc pmx-v f mxlp spht pt cp bpcp Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Pará, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte, Roraima, Sergipe, and Tocantins; Guyana; Suriname; the Venezuelan states of Monagas, Delta Amacuro and possibly Bolívar (Vanzolini, 1980; Hoogmoed, 1985; Avila-Pires, 1995; Freire, 1999; Rivas & Molina R., 2001). Species composition: Coleodactylus brachystoma (Amaral, 1935); C. meridionalis (Boulenger, 1888); C. natalensis Freire, 1999; and C. septentrionalis Vanzolini, 1980.	en	Gamble, Tony, Daza, Juan D., Colli, Guarino R., Vitt, Laurie J., Bauer, Aaron M. (2011): A new genus of miniaturized and pug-nosed gecko from South America (Sphaerodactylidae: Gekkota). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163 (4): 1244-1266, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00741.x, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00741.x
