The Coquimbo marked gecko (Garthia penai) is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Chile. It is the smallest reptile of this country.
Etymology The specific name, penai, is in honor of Chilean entomologist Luis Enrique Peña Guzmán (1921–1995).Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Homonota penai, p. 202).
Reproduction G. penai is oviparous.
References
Further reading Donoso-Barros R (1966). Reptiles de Chile. Santiago, Chile: Ediciones de la Universidad de Chile. 458 + cxlvi pp., 32 color plates, 175 black-and-white plates, text figures, maps. (Garthia penai, new species, p. 125). (in Spanish).