Gonatodes taniae Roze, 1963

Barrio-Amorós, Cesar L. & Ortíz, Juan C., 2016, Venezuelan geckos (Gekkonidae, Phyllodactylidae, Sphaerodactylidae) in the collection of the Universidad de Concepción in Chile, with description of the type series of Gonatodes ligiae and Gonatodes petersi (Sphaerodactylidae), Zootaxa 4136 (3), pp. 537-552 : 551

Gonatodes taniae Roze, 1963 .

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Specimens. MZUC 11273 (adult male), 14 January 1964. Rancho Grande, Parque Nacional Henri Pittier, estado Aragua. MZUC 12028 (subadult female), 14 January 1964, from same locality. MZUC 12033 (adult male); MZUC 12029, 12031 (adult females); MZUC 11274, 12030, 12032 (juveniles), 26 October 1963, from same locality.

Remarks. This topotypic series contains an adult male (MZUC 11273) of 48.57 mm with unusual coloration, including suprahumeral white round ocelli surrounded by black. Those specimens of Gonatodes taniae with suprahumeral ocelli are very rare at the type locality, located at the southern side of the Cordillera de la Costa (W. Schargel, pers. com.), but no so uncommon on the northern side of the Cordillera de la Costa.

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FIGURE 2. A: Gonatodes albogularis. A common species in Northern Venezuela and Colombia, now introduced to many areas where it formerly was unknown. Male. La Acequia, estado Barinas. B: Gonatodes ceciliae, male. A gorgeous species endemic to the Península de Paria; Macuro, estado Sucre, described by RDB. C: Gonatodes humeralis. One of the most widespread geckos in South America. Male. Imataca, estado Bolívar. D: Gonatodes seigliei, male. Another beautiful species described by RDB, from Cueva del Guácharo, estado Monagas. E: Gonatodes taniae, female. An endemic species from the central Cordillera de la Costa in Northern Venezuela. Rancho Grande, estado Aragua. F: Gonatodes vittatus, male. Common species in dry areas, Coro, estado Falcón. Photos by C. L. Barrio-Amorós.