Homonota marthae Cacciali, Morando, Ávila and Kohler 2018

Smith, Paul, Maciel, José, Redin Hurtado, Mikel, Galeano, Sergio, Stepan, Nicole, Brouard, Jean-Paul, Ríos, Sergio D., Ferreira Riveros, Marcela, Smith, Rebecca L., Owen, Matthew, Nicolay, Harald, Derna, Roberto, Vera Burró, Alvaro, Lahaye, Tito & Cacciali, Pier, 2024, Twenty-eight new and significant departmental reptile records for Paraguay, Acta Zoológica Lilloana 68 (2), pp. 347-385 : 353

Martha’s Straight-toed Gecko,

Homonota marthae Cacciali, Morando, Ávila and Kohler 2018

A recently described species endemic to the central Paraguayan Chaco , with all published records from Boquerón department. Remarkably there is no previously published record of this common Chaco gecko for Presidente Hayes department, although it is well known that it occurs there, and the closest locality is Toro Mocho (Boquerón department), about 4 km from the departmental border ( Cacciali, Brusquetti, Bauer, Sánchez, 2007). Thus, we document its presence with three specimens CZPLT-H 2328, 2329 (11 October 2021), and CZPLT-H 2373 (12 March 2023) all from Laguna Capitán (22°32’56.1”S 59°43’20.5”W), and a photographic record from Chaco Lodge (22°43’08.5”S, 59°59’58.3”W) on 23 September 2013, by JPB ( Fig. 2 ). The species was Not Evaluated by Martínez et al. (2020c) but is a common peridomestic species in the central Chaco and thus seems likely to be of “Least Concern” in Paraguay.

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Fig. 2. Homonota marthae, Chaco Lodge, Presidente Hayes department (Jean-Paul Brouard 23 September 2013).