Big-scaled least gecko
| Big-scaled Least Gecko | |
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| S. macrolepis in Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Researve, Aguirre, Puerto Rico | |
| 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 | |
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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.
See also
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
Media related to Sphaerodactylus macrolepis at Wikimedia Commons- Sphaerodactylus macrolepis at the Encyclopedia of Life
- Sphaerodactylus macrolepis at the Reptile Database
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