Darlington's least gecko
| Darlington's least gecko | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Sphaerodactylidae |
| Genus: | Sphaerodactylus |
| Species: | S. darlingtoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Sphaerodactylus darlingtoni Shreve, 1968 | |
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| Distribution of Sphaerodactylus darlingtoni (known range in red) | |
Darlington's least gecko (Sphaerodactylus darlingtoni) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to the Dominican Republic.[2]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, darlingtoni, is in honor of American entomologist Philip Jackson Darlington, Jr.,[3] who collected the holotype.[2]
The subspecific name, noblei, is in honor of American herpetologist Gladwyn Kingsley Noble.[4]
Subspecies
[edit]Four subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[2]
- Sphaerodactylus darlingtoni bobilini Thomas & Schwartz, 1983
- Sphaerodactylus darlingtoni darlingtoni Shreve, 1968
- Sphaerodactylus darlingtoni mekistus Thomas & Schwartz, 1983
- Sphaerodactylus darlingoni noblei Shreve, 1968
Habitat
[edit]The preferred habitat of S. darlingtoni is forest at altitudes of 5–1,300 m (16–4,265 ft).[1]
Reproduction
[edit]S. darlingtoni is oviparous.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Landestoy M, Inchaustegui S, Hedges B, Scantlebury D (2016). "Sphaerodactylus darlingtoni (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T75605401A115487256. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T75605401A75607714.en. Downloaded on 28 February 2019.
- ^ a b c d Sphaerodactylus darlingtoni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Sphaerodactylus darlingtoni, p. 65).
- ^ Shreve, p. 16.
Further reading
[edit]- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha) ". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Sphaerodactylus darlingtoni, p. 111). (in German).
- 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 darlingtoni, p. 486).
- 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 darlingtoni, p. 149).
- Shreve B (1968). "The notatus group of Sphaerodactylus (Sauria, Gekkonidae) in Hispaniola". Breviora (280): 1-28. (Sphaerodactylus darlingtoni, new species, pp. 15–16; S. noblei, new species, pp. 17–19).
- Thomas R, Schwartz A (1983). "Part 2. Sphaerodactylus savagei, S. cochranae, S. darlingtoni, S. armstrongi, S. streptophorus, and conclusions". pp. 31–60. In: Schwartz A, Thomas R (1983). "The difficilis complex of Sphaerodactylus (Sauria, Gekkonidae) of Hispaniola". Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History (22): 1-60. (Sphaerodactylus darlingtoni bobilini, new subspecies; S. d. mekistus, new subspecies).