Sphaerodactylus armstrongi NOBLE, 1933

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Higher Taxa	Sphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies	Sphaerodactylus armstrongi hypsinephes THOMAS & SCHWARTZ 1983 Sphaerodactylus armstrongi armstrongi NOBLE & HASSLER 1933
Common Names	E: Southern Forest Geckolet, Armstrong's Least Gecko
Synonym	Sphaerodactylus armstrongi NOBLE & HASSLER 1933: 5 Sphaerodactylus armstrongi — COCHRAN 1941 Sphaerodactylus armstrongi — SHREVE 1968: 19 Sphaerodactylus armstrongi — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 469 Sphaerodactylus armstrongi — KLUGE 1993 Sphaerodactylus armstrongi — RÖSLER 2000: 110 Sphaerodactylus armstrongi — DE LISLE et al. 2013 Sphaerodactylus armstrongi hypsinephes THOMAS & SCHWARTZ 1983: 49 Sphaerodactylus armstrongi hypsinephes — DE LISLE et al. 2013
Distribution	Dominican Republic, Hispaniola (Paradis/Brahona Province), Haiti Type locality: “mountain top on property of G. Herrmann, near Paradis, Barahona, Dominican Republic, 2400 feet”
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: AMNH 51470, adult male Holotype: USNM, adult male; paratypes: ASFS [hypsinephes]
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Comment	For illustrations see Thomas and Schwartz, 1983. Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species.
Etymology	Named in honor of Mr. John C. Armstrong, Assistant Curator of the American Museum of Natural History (1930s), who planned the second expedition of the authors and assisted in much ofthe herpetological collecting. S. a. hypsinephes is from the Greek meaning "dwelling high in the clouds."
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Cochran, D.M. 1941. The herpetology of Hispaniola. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 177: vii + 398 pp. - get paper here Noble, G. K. and W. G. Hassler 1933. Two new species of frogs, five new species and a new race of lizards from the Dominican Republic. American Museum Novitates 652: 1-17. - 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. Shreve, B. 1968. The notatus group of Sphaerodactylus (Sauria, Gekkonidae) in Hispaniola. Breviora (280): 1-28 - get paper here 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 Thomas, R. and S. B. Hedges. 1992. An unusual new Sphaerodactylus from Hispaniola (Squamata, Gekkonidae). Journal of Herpetology 26 (3): 289-292 - get paper here Thomas, R., and A. Schwartz. 1983. Part 2. Sphaerodactylus savagei, S. cochranae, S. darlingtoni, S. armstrongi, S. streptophorus, and conclusions. Pp. 31-60. In: Schwartz, A., and R. Thomas. The difficilis complex of Sphaerodactylus (Sauria, Gekkonidae) of Hispaniola. Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History, (22) :1—60 Uetz, P.H.; Patel, M.; Gbadamosi, Z.; Nguyen, A.; Shoope, S. 2024. A Reference Database of Reptile Images. Taxonomy 4: 723–732 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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