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Sphaerodactylus asterulus SCHWARTZ & GRAHAM, 1980

IUCN Red List - Sphaerodactylus asterulus - Endangered, EN
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Higher TaxaSphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Haitian Stippled Geckolet, Haitian Least Gecko 
SynonymSphaerodactylus asterulus SCHWARTZ & GRAHAM 1980: 8
Sphaerodactylus asterulus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 470
Sphaerodactylus asterulus — KLUGE 1993
Sphaerodactylus asterulus — RÖSLER 2000: 110 
DistributionHaiti

Type locality: 9.3 km W Ça Soleil, 92 m, Département de l'Artibonite, Haiti.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: CM 60521, adult female. Paratypes: ASFS, AMNH, CM, MCZ, USNM, KU, UF 
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CommentFor illustrations see Schwartz and Graham, 1980 (Fig. 2D).

Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. 
EtymologyProbably named after Latin aster = star, but the authors do not explain the etymology. 
References
  • Cunningham, Carol A.; Tulloch, John S.; Powell, Robert 1993. Food habits of four Hispaniolan species of Sphaerodactylus (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae). Herpetological Natural History 1 (2): 1-10
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
  • Schwartz, A and E. D. Graham, Jr. 1980. The shrevei group of Hispaniolan Sphaerodactylus (Reptilia, Gekkonidae). Tulane Studies Zool. Bot. 22: 1-15. - get paper here
  • Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp.
  • 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
 
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