Biology:Big-scaled least gecko

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Big-scaled least gecko
Sphaerodactylus macrolepis (cropped).jpg
S. macrolepis in Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Researve, Aguirre, Puerto Rico
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Sphaerodactylus
Species:
S. macrolepis
Binomial name
Sphaerodactylus macrolepis
Günther, 1859
Subspecies
  • S. m. macrolepis - Günther, 1859
  • S. m. ateles - Thomas & Schwartz, 1966
  • S. m. grandisquamis - Stejneger, 1904
  • S. m. guarionex - Thomas & Schwartz, 1966
  • S. m. inigoi - Thomas & Schwartz, 1966
  • S. m. mimetes - Thomas & Schwartz, 1966
  • S. m. parvus (see text) - King, 1962
  • S. m. phoberus - Thomas & Schwartz, 1966
  • S. m. spanius - Thomas & Schwartz, 1966
  • S. m. stibarus - Thomas & Schwartz 1966
Synonyms
  • Sphaerodactylus imbricatus - Fischer, 1881
  • Sphaerodactylus danforthi - Grant, 1931
  • Sphaerodactylus ateles - Thomas & Schwartz, 1966
  • Sphaerodactylus grandisquamis — Heatwole et al., 1963

The big-scaled least gecko (Sphaerodactylus macrolepis) is a gecko mainly distributed in Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. It is also found on the mainland in Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia. It is one of over 100 species in the genus Sphaerodactylus.

The former subspecies S. m. parvus, which is endemic to the Anguilla Bank (Anguilla, Saint Martin, and Saint Barthélemy) in the Lesser Antilles, was elevated to species level in 2001, as S. parvus.

See also

  • Little-scaled Least Gecko
  • Fauna of Puerto Rico
  • List of amphibians and reptiles of Puerto Rico

References

  • Malhotra, Anita; Thorpe, Roger S. (1999), Reptiles & Amphibians of the Eastern Caribbean, Macmillan Education Ltd., p. 55, ISBN 0-333-69141-5 .
  • Powell, Robert; Henderson, Robert W. (2001), "On the Taxonomic Status of Some Lesser Antillean Lizards", Carib. J. Sci. 37 (3-4): 288–290 .

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2358459 entry