Biology:Sphaerodactylus corticola

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Short description: Species of lizard

Sphaerodactylus corticola
Sphaerodactylus corticola 01-Barbour 1921.jpg
Drawing of Sphaerodactylus corticola
by E.N. Fischer from Barbour, 1921
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Sphaerodactylus
Species:
S. corticola
Binomial name
Sphaerodactylus corticola
Garman, 1888
Synonyms[2]
  • Sphaerodactylus corticolus
    Garman, 1888
  • Sphaerodactylus corticola
    — Schwartz, 1968

Sphaerodactylus corticola, also known commonly as the central Bahamas sphaero or the Rum Cay least gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to the Bahamas.[2]

Reproduction

S. corticola is oviparous.[2]

Subspecies

Four subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[2]

  • Sphaerodactylus corticola aporrox Schwartz, 1968
  • Sphaerodactylus corticola campter Schwartz, 1968
  • Sphaerodactylus corticola corticola Garman, 1888
  • Sphaerodactylus corticola soter Schwartz, 1968

References

  1. Buckner, S.; Powell, R.; Hedges, B.; Mayer, G.C. (2016). "Sphaerodactylus corticola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T178586A71747280. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T178586A71747280.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/178586/71747280. Retrieved 18 November 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Sphaerodactylus corticola at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.

Further reading

  • Garman S (1888). "Reptiles and Batrachians from the Caymans and from the Bahamas. Collected by Prof. C. J. Maynard for the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Cambridge, Mass." Bulletin of the Essex Institute 20: 101–113. (Sphaerodactylus corticolus, new species, p. 111).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha) ". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Sphaerodactylus corticola, p. 111). (in German).
  • Schwartz A (1968). "The Geckos (Sphaerodactylus) of the Southern Bahama Islands". The Annals of the Carnegie Museum 39: 227–271. (Sphaerodactylus corticola aporrox, new subspecies; S. corticola campter, new subspecies; S. corticola soter, new subspecies).
  • Schwartz A, Henderson RW (1991). Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press. 720 pp. ISBN:978-0813010496. (Sphaerodactylus corticoa, p. 483).
  • Schwartz A, Thomas R (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Sphaerodactylus corticola, pp. 148–149).

Wikidata ☰ Q3493118 entry