Sphaerodactylus perissodactylius THOMAS & HEDGES, 1988

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Higher Taxa	Sphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Martin Garcia Geckolet, Dominican Least Gecko
Synonym	Sphaerodactylus perissodactylus THOMAS & HEDGES 1988:101 Sphaerodactylus perissodactylius — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 523 Sphaerodactylus perissodactylius — KLUGE 1993 Sphaerodactylus perissodactylius — RÖSLER 2000: 113
Distribution	Hispaniola: Dominican Republic (S Sierra Martin Garcia) Type locality: 0.1 km S, 13.5 km E Canoa (airline distance, measured from junction with Santo Domingo-Barahona highway), 400 m, Barahona Province, República Dominicana, 18°20’39’’ N, 71°01’59’’ W.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: USNM 258729.
Diagnosis	Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1936 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	For illustrations see Thomas and Hedges, 1988. Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017).
References	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 - 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. Thomas R. and S. B. Hedges 1988. Two new geckos (Sphaerodactylus) from the Sierra Martin Garcia of Hispaniola. Herpetologica 44: 96-104. - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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