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Sphaerodactylus elegantulus BARBOUR, 1917

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Higher TaxaSphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Antigua Bank Geckolet, Antigua Least Gecko 
SynonymSphaerodactylus elegantulus BARBOUR 1917:163
Sphaerodactylus elegantulus — BURT & MYERS 1942
Sphaerodactylus elegantulus — KING 1962: 18
Sphaerodactylus elegantulus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 492
Sphaerodactylus elegantulus — KLUGE 1993
Sphaerodactylus elegantulus — RÖSLER 2000: 112 
DistributionAntilles, Antigua, Barbuda

Type locality: Antigua.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MCZ 12084. 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1212 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentFor illustrations see Barbour, 1921; King, 1962. 
References
  • Barbour, T. 1917. A new Antillean Sphaerodactylus. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 30: 163-164. - get paper here
  • Barbour, T. 1921. Sphaerodactylus. Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. (Harvard) 47: 215-282. - get paper here
  • Burt, Charles E. & Myers, George S. 1942. Neotropical lizards in the collection of the Natural History Museum of Stanford University. Stanford University Press, 52 pp.
  • Daltry, Jennifer C. 2007. An introduction to the herpetofauna of Antigua, Barbuda and Redonda, with some conservation recommendations. Applied Herpetology 4 (2): 97-130. - get paper here
  • King, W. 1962. Systematics of Lesser Antillean lizards of the genus Sphaerodactylus. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences, 7:1-52 - get paper here
  • Malhotra, A. & Thorpe, R.S. 1999. Reptiles & Amphibians of the Eastern Caribbean. MacMillan, London & Oxford
  • Parker, H. W. 1933. Some amphibians and reptiles from the Lesser Antilles. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 11:151-158. - 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.
  • Thorpe, R.S. 2022. Reptiles of the Lesser Antilles. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 608 pp. - get paper here
 
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