Sphaerodactylus bromeliarum PETERS & SCHWARTZ, 1977
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Higher Taxa | Sphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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Common Names | E: Cuban Bromeliad Geckolet, El Yunque Least Gecko |
Synonym | Sphaerodactylus bromeliarum PETERS & SCHWARTZ 1977: 395 Sphaerodactylus bromeliarum — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 473 Sphaerodactylus bromeliarum — KLUGE 1993 Sphaerodactylus bromeliarum — RÖSLER 2000: 111 |
Distribution | Cuba (Western part of El Yunque de Baracoe, above Tabojó, 15 km west of Baracoe, Oriente Province) Type locality: Western slope of El Yunque de Baracoa, above Tabojó, 15 km W Baracoa, Guantánamo Province, Cuba. |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: ZMB 42827. |
Diagnosis | DESCRIPTION: Size small (SVL in only adult female 24 mm); dorsals small, acute, strongly keeled, imbricate, axilla to groin 36-41; no area of middorsal granules or granular scales; ventrals keeled, imbricate, axilla to groin 33-34; snout acuminate, not depressed or decurved; 1 internasal; upper labials to mideye 3-4; gular scales smooth; chest scales smooth, slightly keeled laterally; midbody scales 56-58; escutcheon unknown; sexual dichromatism unknown; dorsum (female, as preserved) medium brown with a more or less triangular, black scapular patch with 2 small, white ocelli; head trilineate with isolated dark brown lines from behind snout to occiput; a pair of lines from lores through eye across temples to above forelimb insertion; tail brown, slightly paler than dorsum, tip black preceded by broad white band, in tum preceded by narrow black band, these tail features forming complete rings about tail tip; juvenile like female but with 2 additional, more proximal white dorsal caudal dots (from Schwartz & Henderson 1991: 473). |
Comment | For illustrations see Peters and Schwartz, 1977. The year of description has been given as “1972”. Abundance: only known from the type locality (Meiri et al. 2017). |
Etymology | Named after its preference for bromeliads. |
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