Gonatodes riveroi

{{Short description|Species of lizard}} {{speciesbox | image = Gonatodes riveroi 3483843.jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>Calderón M (2015). "''Gonatodes riveroi'' (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T44579298A115387798. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T44579298A44579301.en. Downloaded on 17 February 2019.</ref> | genus = Gonatodes | species = riveroi | authority = Sturaro & Ávila-Pires, 2011 | synonyms = | range_map = | range_map_caption = }}

'''''Gonatodes riveroi''''' is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Colombia.<ref name=RDB>{{NRDB species|genus=Gonatodes|species=riveroi}}</ref>

==Etymology== The specific name, ''riveroi'', is in honor of Venezuelan herpetologist Carlos Rivero-Blanco.<ref name=RDB/>

==Geographic range== ''G. riveroi'' is found in central Colombia in Boyacá Department, Cundinamarca Department, and Meta Department.<ref name=RDB/>

==Habitat== The preferred natural habitat of ''G. riveroi'' is forest, at altitudes of {{convert|230|–|1,200|m|ft|abbr=on}}.<ref name=iucn/>

==Description== ''G. riveroi'' is moderately large for its genus. The maximum recorded snout-to-vent length (SVL) is {{convert|4.8|cm|in|abbr=on}}.<ref name=RDB/>

==Behavior== ''G. riveroi'' is diurnal.<ref name=RDB/>

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==Further reading== *Sturaro MJ, Ávila-Pires TCS (2011). "Taxonomic revision of the geckos of the ''Gonatodes concinnatus'' complex (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae), with description of two new species". ''Zootaxa'' '''2869''': 1–36. (''Gonatodes riveroi'', new species, pp. 26–28). (in English, with an abstract in Portuguese).

Category:Gonatodes Category:Reptiles described in 2011