FIGURE 1. A in Venezuelan geckos (Gekkonidae, Phyllodactylidae, Sphaerodactylidae) in the collection of the Universidad de Concepción in Chile, with description of the type series of Gonatodes ligiae and Gonatodes petersi (Sphaerodactylidae)

FIGURE 1. A: Hemidactylus mabouia. An introduced African species. Common in all cities of Venezuela. B: Hemidactylus palaichtus, a native species, displaying sexual dimorphism; male left, female right. Río Caura, estado Bolívar. C: Phyllodactylus ventralis, a common species in dry habitats of northern Venezuela and Colombia. Coro, estado Falcón. D: Thecadactylus rapicauda, the largest South American gecko. Sierra de Lema, estado Bolívar. Photos by C. L. Barrio-Amorós.