Sphaerodactylus clenchi SHREVE, 1968
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Sphaerodactylus clenchi
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| Higher Taxa | Sphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | Sphaerodactylus clenchi apocoptus SCHWARTZ 1983 Sphaerodactylus clenchi clenchi SHREVE 1968 |
| Common Names | E: Orange-spotted Geckolet, Peninsula Least Gecko |
| Synonym | Sphaerodactylus clenchi SHREVE 1968: 21 Sphaerodactylus clenchii — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988: 171 Sphaerodactylus clenchi — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 478 Sphaerodactylus clenchi — KLUGE 1993 Sphaerodactylus clenchi — RÖSLER 2000: 111 Sphaerodactylus clenchi clenchi — DE LISLE et al. 2013 Sphaerodactylus clenchi apocoptus SCHWARTZ 1983 Sphaerodactylus clenchi apocoptus SCHWARTZ 1983 Sphaerodactylus clenchi apocoptus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988: 171 Sphaerodactylus clenchi apocoptus — DE LISLE et al. 2013 |
| Distribution | Dominican Republic, Hispaniola Type locality: “Samana [= Santa Barbara de Samana], Samana, Dominican Republic” apocoptus: Dominican Republic (coastal Altagracia); Type locality: Playa El Coco, 46 km N Higüey, La Altagracia Province, Republica Dominicana. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: MCZ 43706 Holotype: USNM, adult female, collected by J.A. Rodgers and J.B. Strong on 13 june 1969. Paratypes: ASFS, CM, [apocoptus] |
| Diagnosis | DESCRIPTION: Size moderate (SVL in males to 33 mm, in females to 32 mm); dorsals small, acute, strongly keeled, imbricate, flattened, axilla to groin 33-48; no area of middorsal granules or granular scales; ventrals cycloid, imbricate, axilla to groin 27-36; dorsal caudal scales weakly keeled, acute, imbricate, flat-lying, ventral caudal scales smooth, cycloid, enlarged midventrally; snout acuminate, not depressed or decurved; snout scales small, narrow, swollen, smooth, imbricate; 2 postnasals; 0-3 (strongly modally 1) internasals; upper labials to mideye 3-4 (strongly modally 3); gular scales smooth, occasionally weakly to strongly keeled; chest scales smooth; midbody scales 53-71; escutcheon with relatively narrow and compact central area and extensions onto thigh to near underside of knee, 3-7 x 16-30. Dorsal pattern weakly to moderately sexually dichromatic and variable between subspecies; dorsum (males) yellowish tan to brown, with scattered, dark brown flecks to dots and scattered, creamy to orange ocelli, giving coarse "salt-and-pepper" effect; no head pattern but upper surface of head often with scattered, dark brown flecks or dots; throat gray to yellow (not orange) with dark reticulum or scattered dots or flecks; venter grayish yellow or flesh; dorsum (females) like males; head either almost completely without pattern except for some vague, darker spots, or with a quadrilineate pattern of which inner 2 lines correspond to widely separated edges of the single median line in S. difficilis; scapular patch and ocelli absent (in both sexes); ventral color as in males; iris yellow to orange (from Schwartz & Henderson 1991: 478). |
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| Etymology | Named for William J. Clench, the collector of the type. |
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