Sphaerodactylus corticola GARMAN, 1888
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Sphaerodactylus corticola
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| Higher Taxa | Sphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | Sphaerodactylus corticola aporrox SCHWARTZ 1968 Sphaerodactylus corticola campter SCHWARTZ 1968 Sphaerodactylus corticola soter SCHWARTZ 1968 Sphaerodactylus corticola corticola GARMAN 1888 |
| Common Names | E: Central Bahamas Geckolet, Rum Cay Least Gecko |
| Synonym | Sphaerodactylus corticolus GARMAN 1888: 111 Sphaerodactylus corticola — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 483 Sphaerodactylus corticola — KLUGE 1993 Sphaerodactylus corticola — RÖSLER 2000: 111 Sphaerodactylus corticola aporrox SCHWARTZ 1968 Sphaerodactylus corticola aporrox SCHWARTZ 1968: 240 Sphaerodactylus corticola aporrox — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988: 174 Sphaerodactylus corticola aporrox — DE LISLE et al. 2013 Sphaerodactylus corticola campter SCHWARTZ 1968 Sphaerodactylus corticola campter SCHWARTZ 1968: 237 Sphaerodactylus corticola campter — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988: 174 Sphaerodactylus corticola campter — DE LISLE et al. 2013 Sphaerodactylus corticola soter SCHWARTZ 1968 Sphaerodactylus corticola soter SCHWARTZ 1968: 232 Sphaerodactylus corticola soter — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988: 174 Sphaerodactylus corticola soter — DE LISLE et al. 2013 |
| Distribution | Bahamas (East Plana Cay, Acklin's Island), Crooked Island, North Cay, Fish Cay, Castle Island, Rum Cay), San Salvador Island corticola: Rum Cay. Type locality: Rum Cay, Bahama Islands. apporox: East Plana Cay. Type locality: East Plana Cay, Bahama Islands. campter: Crooked-Acklins Bank. Type locality: East of Snug Corner, Acklin's Island, Bahama Islands soter: San Salvador I. and satellites. Type locality: 1.3 mi. S Dixon Hill (= United Estates), San Salvador, Bahamas. INCERTAE SEDIS: The species may occur on Conception I.; material from Samanâ Cay, Bahama Is., is unassigned subspecifically. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Syntypes: MCZ 6219, USNM 52408 Holotype: AMNH 76146 [apporox] Holotype: CM 40636 [campter] Holotype: CM 40635 [soter] Holotype: AMNH 76146, an adult male, taken March 4, 1953 by George B. Rabb. PARATYPES: AMNH (5), UMMZ 115619 (10). [aporrox] |
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| Comment | For illustrations see Schwartz, 1968. |
| Etymology | Presumably named after Latin cortex = bark, and -cola, dweller of, after its habitat on tree barks (although Garman 1888 does not explain the etymology). Sphaerodactylus corticola aporrox was named from the Greek ἀπνξξώμ (= broken off), a reference to the distribution of this subspecies being separated from the main range of the species. Sphaerodactylus corticola campter was named from the Greek καμπτήρ (= bent or angle), a reference to the Crooked Island Bank in the Bahamas, which includes Acklin's Island, the type locality. Sphaerodactylus corticola soter was named from the Greek Σωτήρ (= savior), a reference to San Salvador, the type locality. |
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