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Sphaerodactylus parkeri (GRANT, 1939)

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Higher TaxaSphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: South Jamaican Banded Geckolet, Parker's Least Gecko 
SynonymSpliacrodactylus parkeri GRANT 1939: 8
Sphaerodactylus parkeri — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 521
Sphaerodactylus parkeri — KLUGE 1993
Sphaerodactylus parkeri — RÖSLER 2000: 113
Sphaerodactylus parkeri — WILSON 2011 
DistributionAntilles, Jamaica, St. Elisabeth`s

Type locality: Alligator Pond, Manchester Parish, Jamaica.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MCZ 45005. 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1051 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentFor illustrations see Barbour, 1921 (as S. richardsoni); Grant, 1939; Grant, 1940. 
EtymologyNamed after Dr. Hampton Wildman Parker (1897-1968), an English zoologist who studied in Cambridge. 
References
  • Barbour, T. 1921. Sphaerodactylus. Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. (Harvard) 47: 215-282. - get paper here
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Grant, C. 1939. Two new sphaerodactyls from Jamaica. Copeia 1939 (1): 7-13. - get paper here
  • Grant, C. 1940. The herpetology of Jamaica Il. The reptiles. Bull. Inst. Jamaica., Sci. Ser. 1: 61-148.
  • 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.
  • Wilson, B.S. & Vogel, P. 2000. A survey of the herpetofauna of the Hellshire Hills, Jamaica, including the rediscovery of the Blue-tailed Galliwasp (Celestus duquesneyi Grant). Carib. J. Sci. 36: 244-249
  • Wilson, Byron S. 2011. Conservation of Jamaican amphibians and reptiles. In: Hailey et al., eds, Conservation of Caribbean Island Herpetofaunas Volume 2: 273-310 - get paper here
 
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