Amaral's Brazilian Gecko

Taxobox
name = Amaral's Brazilian Gecko
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
familia = Gekkonidae
subfamilia = Gekkoninae
genus = "Briba"
species = "B. brasiliana"
binomial = "Briba brasiliana"
binomial_authority = Amaral, 1935

Amaral's Brazilian Gecko ("Briba brasiliana") is the only species of the genus "Briba" from the subfamily Gekkoninae. It is a nocturnal gecko from the arid Jalapão Region, Minas Gerais/Bahia (Brazil). It is a bluish-gray, oviparous tree-dwelling species, feeding on herbivorous insects and other invertebrates. It has immovable, or fixed eyelids. Being nocturnal, it has vertically oriented pupils.

External links

* [http://www.uroplatus.com/php_pages.php?Datei=photopage_display&Taxon=Briba%20brasiliana&Photopage_Search=B&M=1 An image of the Amaral's Brazilian Gecko at uroplatus.com]