Sphaerodactylus corticola GARMAN, 1888

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Higher Taxa	Sphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies	Sphaerodactylus corticola aporrox SCHWARTZ 1968 Sphaerodactylus corticola campter SCHWARTZ 1968 Sphaerodactylus corticola soter SCHWARTZ 1968 Sphaerodactylus corticola corticola GARMAN 1888
Common Names	E: Central Bahamas Geckolet, Rum Cay Least Gecko
Synonym	Sphaerodactylus corticolus GARMAN 1888:111 Sphaerodactylus corticola — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 483 Sphaerodactylus corticola — KLUGE 1993 Sphaerodactylus corticola — RÖSLER 2000: 111 Sphaerodactylus corticola aporrox SCHWARTZ 1968 Sphaerodactylus corticola aporrox SCHWARTZ 1968: 240 Sphaerodactylus corticola aporrox — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988: 174 Sphaerodactylus corticola aporrox — DE LISLE et al. 2013 Sphaerodactylus corticola campter SCHWARTZ 1968 Sphaerodactylus corticola campter SCHWARTZ 1968: 237 Sphaerodactylus corticola campter — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988: 174 Sphaerodactylus corticola campter — DE LISLE et al. 2013 Sphaerodactylus corticola soter SCHWARTZ 1968 Sphaerodactylus corticola soter SCHWARTZ 1968: 232 Sphaerodactylus corticola soter — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988: 174 Sphaerodactylus corticola soter — DE LISLE et al. 2013
Distribution	Bahamas (East Plana Cay, Acklin's Island), Crooked Island, North Cay, Fish Cay, Castle Island, Rum Cay), San Salvador Island corticola: Rum Cay. Type locality: Rum Cay, Bahama Islands. apporox: East Plana Cay. Type locality: East Plana Cay, Bahama Islands. campter: Crooked-Acklins Bank. Type locality: East of Snug Corner, Acklin's Island, Bahama Islands soter: San Salvador I. and satellites. Type locality: 1.3 mi. S Dixon Hill (= United Estates), San Salvador, Bahamas. INCERTAE SEDIS: The species may occur on Conception I.; material from Samanâ Cay, Bahama Is., is unassigned subspecifically.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Syntypes: MCZ 6219, USNM 52408 Holotype: AMNH 76146 [apporox] Holotype: CM 40636 [campter] Holotype: CM 40635 [soter] Holotype: AMNH 76146, an adult male, taken March 4, 1953 by George B. Rabb. PARATYPES: AMNH (5), UMMZ 115619 (10). [aporrox]
Diagnosis
Comment	For illustrations see Schwartz, 1968.
References	Garman, S. 1888. Reptiles and batrachians from the Caymans and from the Bahamas. Collected by Prof. C. J. Maynard for the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Cambridge, Mass. Bull. Essex Inst. 20: 101-113 - get paper here Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153 Schwartz, A. 1968. The geckos (Sphaerodactylus) of the southern Bahama Islands. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 39: 227-271. - get paper here Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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