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| name = Brilliant South American gecko
| image = Variegated (Brilliant South American) gecko (Gonatodes ceciliae) male.jpg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 18 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Rivas, G. |author-link=species:Gilson A. Rivas |author2=Schargel, W. |author2-link=species:Walter E. Schargel |author3=Murphy, J. |author3-link=species:John C. Murphy |date=2016 |title=''Gonatodes ceciliae'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T66083097A66083107 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T66083097A66083107.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}</ref>
| genus = Gonatodes
| species = ceciliae
| authority = [[Roberto Donoso-Barros|Donoso-Barros]], 1966
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The '''brilliant South American gecko''' ('''''Gonatodes ceciliae'''''), also known [[Common name|commonly]] as the '''brilliant clawed gecko''', is a [[species]] of [[lizard]] in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Sphaerodactylidae]]. The species is native to northern [[South America]].
==Etymology==
The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]], ''ceciliae'', is in honor of Cecilia Donoso-Barros, who is the daughter of Chilean herpetologist [[Roberto Donoso-Barros]].<ref>[[species:Bo Beolens|Beolens, Bo]]; [[species:Michael Watkins|Watkins, Michael]]; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (''Gonatodes ceciliae'', p. 50)</ref>
==Geographic range==
''G. ceciliae'' is found in [[Trinidad]] and [[Venezuela]].<ref name=RDB>{{NRDB species|genus=Gonatodes|species=ceciliae}}</ref>
==Habitat==
The preferred natural [[habitat]] of ''G. ceciliae'' is [[forest]], at altitudes from sea level to {{convert|900|m|ft|abbr=on}}.<ref name="iucn status 18 November 2021" />
==Description==
Only males of ''G. ceciliae'' have brilliant coloration. Females are grayish brown, with darker blotches.<ref name="iucn status 18 November 2021"/>
==Behavior==
''G. ceciliae'' is [[Diurnality|diurnal]].<ref name=RDB/>
==Diet==
''G. ceciliae'' [[Predation|preys]] upon small [[arthropod]]s<ref name="iucn status 18 November 2021"/> and small [[snail]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sta.uwi.edu/fst/lifesciences/sites/default/files/lifesciences/documents/ogatt/Gonatodes_ceciliae%20-%20Variegated%20Gecko.pdf|format=PDF|title=Gonatodes ceciliae (Variegated Gecko)|website=Sta.uwi.edu|access-date=9 April 2022}}</ref>
==Reproduction==
''G. ceciliae'' is [[Oviparity|oviparous]].<ref name=RDB/>
==References==
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==Further reading==
*[[Roberto Donoso-Barros|Donoso-Barros R]] (1966). "''Dos nuevos'' Gonatodes ''de Venezuela''". ''Publicaciones Ocasionales, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Santiago de Chile'' '''11''': 1–32. (''Gonatodes ceciliae'', new species). (in Spanish).
*[[species:Gilson A. Rivas|Rivas GA]], [[species:César R. Molina Rodríguez|Molina CR]], [[species:Gabriel N. Ugueto|Ugueto GN]], [[species:Tito R. Barros|Barros TR]], [[:fr:César Luis Barrio-Amorós|Barrio-Amorós CL]], [[:fr:Philippe J. R. Kok|Kok PJR]] (2012). "Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist". ''Zootaxa'' '''3211''': 1–64. (''Gonatodes ceciliae'', p. 12 + Figure 3F on p. 32). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
*[[species:Herbert Rösler|Rösler H]] (2000). "''Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)''". ''Gekkota'' '''2''': 28–153. (''Gonatodes ceciliae'', p. 84). (in German).
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[[Category:Gonatodes]]
[[Category:Lizards of the Caribbean]]
[[Category:Reptiles of Trinidad and Tobago]]
[[Category:Reptiles of Venezuela]]
[[Category:Reptiles described in 1966]]
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