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Sphaerodactylus levinsi HEATWOLE, 1968

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Higher TaxaSphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Desecheo Geckolet, Desecheo Gecko, Isla Desecheo Least Gecko 
SynonymSphaerodactylus levinsi HEATWOLE 1968: 2
Sphaerodactylus levinsi — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 504
Sphaerodactylus levinsi — KLUGE 1993
Sphaerodactylus levinsi — RÖSLER 2000: 112 
DistributionPuerto Rico

Type locality: “Desecheo Island, Puerto Rico”  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MCZ R 100274 (originally UPRRP 4566) 
DiagnosisUnfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us if you need any of this material. 
CommentAbundance: only known from the type locality (Meiri et al. 2017). 
EtymologyNamed in honor of Richard Levins, a companion of the author. 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Heatwole, H. 1968. Herpetogeography of Puerto Rico. V. Description of a new species of Sphaerodactylus from Desecheo Island. Breviora (292): 1-6 - get paper here
  • Meier,A.J. & Noble,R.E. 1990. Notes on the status and habits of the Desecheo Gecko, Sphaerodactylus levinsi. Journal of Herpetology 24 (4): 426-428 - get paper here
  • Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions 24 (2): 262-273 - get paper here
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
  • Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp.
 
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