Sphaerodactylus sabanus COCHRAN, 1938
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Higher Taxa | Sphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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Common Names | E: Saint Kitts Bank Geckolet, Saba Least Gecko |
Synonym | Sphaerodactylus sabanus COCHRAN 1938:148 Sphaerodactylus sabanus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 530 Sphaerodactylus sabanus — KLUGE 1993 Sphaerodactylus sabanus — RÖSLER 2000: 114 |
Distribution | Antilles: Saba, Nevis, St. Christopher
Type locality: Saba.
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Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: USNM 103985. |
Diagnosis | Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1842 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
Comment | For illustrations see King, 1962. |
Etymology | Named after the type locality, Saba Island. |
References |
- Cochran, D. M. 1938. Reptiles and amphibians from the Lesser Antilles collected by Dr. S. T. Danforth. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 51:147-155. - get paper here
- Hensley, R.L. and R. Powell 2006. Sphaerodactylus sabanus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (809) - 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
- 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
- Wissmann, S.M.; R.L. Hensley, R. Powell & J.S. Parmerlee Jr. 2005. Social behavior in the dwarf geckos Sphaerodactylus sabanus and S. sputator from St. Eustatius, Netherlands Antilles. Salamandra 41 (1-2): 45-50 - get paper here
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