Sphaerodactylus beattyi GRANT, 1937

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Higher Taxa	Sphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies	Sphaerodactylus beattyi seamani THOMAS & SCHWARTZ 1966 Sphaerodactylus beattyi beattyi GRANT 1937
Common Names	E: Saint Croix Geckolet, Saint Croix's sphaero, Beatty's Least Gecko,
Synonym	Sphaerodactylus beattyi GRANT 1937: 508 Sphaerodactylus beattyi — BURT & MYERS 1942 Sphaerodactylus beattyi — THOMAS & SCHWARTZ 1966: 249 Sphaerodactylus beattyi beattyi — THOMAS & SCHWARTZ 1966: 250 Sphaerodactylus beattyi — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 471 Sphaerodactylus beattyi — KLUGE 1993 Sphaerodactylus beattyi — RÖSLER 2000: 110 Sphaerodactylus beattyi beattyi — DE LISLE et al. 2013 Sphaerodactylus beattyi seamani THOMAS & SCHWARTZ 1966 Sphaerodactylus beattyi seamani THOMAS & SCHWARTZ 1966: 252 Sphaerodactylus beattyi seamani — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988: 170 Sphaerodactylus beattyi seamani — DE LISLE et al. 2013
Distribution	US Virgin Islands, St. Croix, Green Cay, Buck Island Type locality: Good Hope, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands (however, S. beattyi appears not to occur at the stated type-locality). seamani: St. Croix; Type locality: Ca. 0.5 mi. E Mt. Fancy, St. Croix, U. S. Virgin Islands.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: UMMZ 80567 Holotype: MCZ 81056, an adult male, collected on 7 August 1965 by David C. Leber and Richard Thomas. Paratypes: AMNH, KU, MCZ, UF, INHS (= UIMNH), USNM [seamani]
Diagnosis	Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1250 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	For illustrations see Grant, 1937; Thomas and Schwartz, 1966; MacLean, 1982.
Etymology	Named after Harry Andrew Beatty (1902-1989) from St. Croix. See Beolens et al. 2011 for more biographical details.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Burt, Charles E. & Myers, George S. 1942. Neotropical lizards in the collection of the Natural History Museum of Stanford University. Stanford University Press, 52 pp. Grant, C. 1937. Herpetological notes with new species from the American and British Virgin Islands, 1936. J. Dept. Agric. Puerto Rico 21: 503-522. MacLean, W.P. 1982. Reptiles and amphibians of the Virgin Islands. MacMillan Caribbean, London: vii + 54 pp. 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 A. Schwartz. 1966. Sphaerodactylus (Gekkonidae) in the greater Puerto Rico region. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences, 10:193—260 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.kingsnake.com/westindian/diapsida1.html Google images

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