Sphaerodactylus macrolepis
Big-scaled least gecko
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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.
Big-scaled Least Gecko
Subspecies:
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S. m. macrolepis - Günther, 1859
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S. m. ateles - Thomas & Schwartz, 1966
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S. m. grandisquamis - Stejneger, 1904
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S. m. guarionex - Thomas & Schwartz, 1966
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S. m. inigoi - Thomas & Schwartz, 1966
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S. m. mimetes - Thomas & Schwartz, 1966
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S. m. parvus (see text) - King, 1962
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S. m. phoberus - Thomas & Schwartz, 1966
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S. m. spanius - Thomas & Schwartz, 1966
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S. m. stibarus - Thomas & Schwartz 1966
Synonyms:
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Sphaerodactylus imbricatus- Fischer, 1881
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Sphaerodactylus danforthi - Grant, 1931
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Sphaerodactylus ateles - Thomas & Schwartz, 1966
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Sphaerodactylus grandisquamis — Heatwole et al., 1963
References
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Malhotra, Anita; Thorpe, Roger S. (1999), Reptiles & Amphibians of the Eastern Caribbean, Macmillan Education Ltd., p. 55, ISBN 0-333-69141-5.
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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
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Media related to Sphaerodactylus macrolepis at Wikimedia Commons
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Sphaerodactylus macrolepis at the Encyclopedia of Life
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Sphaerodactylus macrolepis at the Reptile Database
Scientific classification:
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Gekkonidae
Subfamily:Gekkoninae
Genus:Sphaerodactylus
Species:S. macrolepis
Günther, 1859
Binomial name :
Sphaerodactylus macrolepis
S. macrolepis in Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Researve, Aguirre, Puerto Rico
Other & Recommended websites :
- reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Sphaerodactylus&species=macrolepis
- www.inaturalist.org/taxa/33715-Sphaerodactylus-macrolepis
Videos :
Sphaerodactylus macrolepis guarionex (couple)
Salamanquita (Sphaerodactylus macrolepis) - Big-scaled Least Gecko
Sphaerodactylus macrolepis guarionex (male)
Sphaerodactylus macrolepis ateles
Sphaerodactylus macrolepis
(GÜNTHER, 1859)
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