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Thecadactylus rapicauda
(Turniptail Gecko)

Species Information
Scientific NameThecadactylus rapicauda
Common NameTurniptail Gecko
CITES StatusNot CITES Protected
Life Spanunknown
Periodunknown
Dietunknown
Lengthunknown
Weightunknown
Terrestrialunknown
DistrobutionMexico (Yucatan, Campeche), Belize, Guatemala
Honduras (incl. Islas de la Bahia and Utila), Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
Trinidad, Antilles, Leeward Islands (Los Testi, Bonaire, Curacao), Aruba
Colombia, French Guiana, Surinam, Guyana, Venezuela
Brazil (Amapa, Para, Amazonas, Roraima, Rondonia, Acre),
Bolivia (Beni, La Paz, Pando), N Peru, Ecuador
Terra typica: "American Islands"; resticted to Chichn Itz, Yucatn, Mxico, by Smith and Taylor, 1950, and to Paramaribo, Suriname, by Hoogmoed, 1973.
NotesNone
Sub-SpeciesNone
Quick Care Information
Humidityunknown Daytime Tempunknown
Nighttime Tempunknown Basking Tempunknown
Groups OKunknown Territorial Malesunknown
Difficultyunknown Temp-Sexedunknown
Incubation Tempunknown Incubation Timeunknown
Foodunknown
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References

Mar 2006 - The EMBL Reptile Database
Mar 2006 - Gekko rapicaudata HOUTTUYN 1782: 323
Mar 2006 - Stellio perfoliatus SCHNEIDER 1792: 26 (nom. subst. pro G. rapicauda)
Mar 2006 - Gekko laevis DAUDIN 1802: 112
Mar 2006 - Gekko surinamensis DAUDIN 1802: 126
Mar 2006 - Platydactylus theconyx DUMRIL & BIBRON 1836: 306
Mar 2006 - Pachydactylus tristis HALLOWEL 1854: 98
Mar 2006 - Platydactylus theconyx - GUICHENOT 1855: 11
Mar 2006 - Thecadactylus rapicaudus - BOULENGER 1885: 111
Mar 2006 - Pachydactylus tristis - BOULENGER 1885: 200
Mar 2006 - Thecadactylus rapicaudus - GOELDI 1902: 511
Mar 2006 - Thecadacrylus [sic] rapicaudus - AMARAL 1949: 109
Mar 2006 - Thecadactylus rapicauda - MIRANDA-RIBEIRO 1955
Mar 2006 - Thecadactylus rapicaudus - ORTLEB & HEATWOLE 1965
Mar 2006 - Thecadactylus rapicauda - SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 551
Mar 2006 - Thecadactylus rapicauda - KLUGE 1993
Mar 2006 - Thecadactylus rapicaudus - LINER 1994
Mar 2006 - Thecadactylus rapicauda - RSLER 1995: 159
Mar 2006 - Thecadactylus rapicauda - DIRKSEN & DE LA RIVA 1999
Mar 2006 - Thecadactylus rapicaudus - GORZULA & SEARIS 1999


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