Sphaerodactylus kirbyi LAZELL, 1994
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Higher Taxa | Sphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
Subspecies | |
Common Names | E: BEQUIA SPHAERO |
Synonym | Sphaerodactylus kirbyi LAZELL 1994 Sphaerodactylus kirbyi — RÖSLER 2000: 112 Sphaerodactylus kirbyi — HITE et al. 2008 |
Distribution | Lesser Antilles: Bequia, Grenada Bank
Type locality: "Slope above Friendship Bay, Bequia, Grenadines"
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Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: MCZ 175141 |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | Photo in Elaphe 19 (2): 17 [2011] |
Etymology | Named after Dr. I.Earle Kirby, formerly a St. Vincent government veterinarian and naturalist. |
References |
- Bentz, Ehren J.; Mel José Rivera Rodríguez, Rebecca R. John, Robert W. Henderson, and Robert Powell 2011. Population Densities, Activity, Microhabitats, and Thermal Biology of a Unique Crevice- and Litter-dwelling Assemblage of Reptiles on Union Island, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Herp. Cons. Biol. 6 (1): 40-50 - get paper here
- Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
- Daudin, Jacques; de Silva, Mark. 2007. An annotated checklist of the amphibians and terrestrial reptiles of the Grenadines with notes on their local natural history and conservation. Applied Herpetology 4 (2):163-175 - get paper here
- Hite, J. L., D. S. Steinberg and R. Powell. 2008. Sphaerodactylus kirbyi. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (852): 1-2 - get paper here
- Lazell, J. 1994. A new Sphaerodactylus (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Bequia, Grenada Bank, Lesser Antilles. Breviora (496):1-20. - get paper here
- Rivera Rodríguez, M. J., E. J. Bentz, R. R. John & R. Powell 2011. Intraspecific and intergeneric behavioural interactions of Sphaerodactylus kirbyi and Gonatodes daudini (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) on Union Island, St. Vincent and Grenadines. Salamandra 47 (1): 9-16 - get paper here
- Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
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