Herpetozoa (May 2019)

A case of communal egg-laying of Gonatodes albogularis (Sauria, Sphaerodactylidae) in bromeliads (Poales, Bromeliaceae)

  • Valentina de los Ángeles Carvajal-Ocampo,
  • María Camila Ángel-Vallejo,
  • Paul David Alfonso Gutiérrez-Cárdenas,
  • Fabiola Ospina-Bautista,
  • Jaime Vicente Estévez Varón

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3897/herpetozoa.32.e35663
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 32
pp. 45 – 49

Abstract

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The Neotropical Yellow-Headed Gecko Gonatodes albogularis commonly use cavities in the trees as a microhabitat for egg-laying. Here, we present the first record of this species in Colombia using the tank bromeliad Tillandsia elongata as nesting sites, along with the occurrence of communal egg-laying in that microhabitat.