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Sphaerodactylus callocricus SCHWARTZ, 1976

IUCN Red List - Sphaerodactylus callocricus - Critically Endangered, CR
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Higher TaxaSphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Rough-banded Geckolet, Callous Least Gecko 
SynonymSphaerodactylus callocricus SCHWARTZ 1976: 66
Sphaerodactylus callocricus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 475
Sphaerodactylus callocricus — KLUGE 1993
Sphaerodactylus callocricus — RÖSLER 2000: 111 
DistributionHispaniola (Dominican Republic)

Type locality: 2.9 mi. (4.6 km) S Las Galeras, Samana Province, República Dominicana.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: USNM 197300. 
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CommentFor illustrations see Schwartz, 1976. 
EtymologyNamed after Greek kallos = beauty, and Greek krikos = ring, circle, in allusion to the dark bands or rings around the body and particularly the tail. 
References
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
  • Schwartz, A. 1976. A new species of Sphaerodactylus (Sauria, Gekkonidae) from the República Dominicana. Florida Scientist 39: 65-70. - get paper here
  • Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp.
  • Thomas, R. and S. B. Hedges. 1993. A new banded Sphaerodactylus from eastern Hispaniola (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Herpetologica 49: 350-354 - get paper here
 
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