Sphaerodactylus pacificus STEJNEGER, 1903

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Higher Taxa	Sphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Pacific Least Gecko
Synonym	Sphaerodactylus pacificus STEJNEGER 1903 Sphaerodactylus pacificus — TAYLOR 1956: 34 Sphaerodactylus pacificus — WERMUTH 1965: 171 Sphaerodactylus pacificus — KLUGE 1993 Sphaerodactylus pacificus — KÖHLER 2000: 51
Distribution	Costa Rica: Cocos Island Type locality: Cocos Island, west of Costa Rica.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: USNM 31057
Diagnosis
Comment	Abundance: only known from the type locality (Meiri et al. 2017).
References	Barbour, T. 1921. Sphaerodactylus. Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. (Harvard) 47: 215-282. - get paper here Köhler, G. 2000. Reptilien und Amphibien Mittelamerikas, Bd 1: Krokodile, Schildkröten, Echsen. Herpeton Verlag, Offenbach, 158 pp. 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 Savage, J.M. 2002. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica: A Herpetofauna Between Two Continents, Between Two Seas. University of Chicago Press, 934 pp. [review in Copeia 2003 (1): 205] Stejneger, L. 1903. Description of a new species of gecko from Cocos Island. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 16:3-4 - get paper here Taylor, E. H. 1956. A review of the lizards of Costa Rica. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 38 (part 1): 3-322 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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