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Sphaerodactylus glaucus COPE, 1866

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Higher TaxaSphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Central American Collared Geckolet, Collared Dwarf Gecko, Least Gecko
S: Cuida Casita 
SynonymSphaerodactylus glaucus COPE 1866
Sphaeriodactylus inornatus PETERS 1874: 738
Sphaerodactylus glaucus — BOULENGER 1885: 221
Sphaerodactylus torquatus STRAUCH 1887
Sphaeriodactylus inornatus — TAYLOR 1946: 301
Sphaerodactylus torquatus — TAYLOR 1946: 302
Sphaerodactylus glaucus — TAYLOR 1946: 305
Sphaerodactylus glaucus glaucus — WERLER & SMITH 1952
Sphaerodactylus glaucus torquatus — WERLER & SMITH 1952
Sphaerodactylus glaucus — HARRIS & KLUGE 1984: 27
Sphaerodactylus glaucus — KLUGE 1993
Sphaerodactylus glaucus — LINER 1994
Sphaerodactylus glaucus — KÖHLER 2000: 51
Sphaerodactylus glaucus — MATA-SILVA et al. 2015 
DistributionMexico (Veracruz, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Yucatan, Campeche, Quintana Roo, Puebla), Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Belize

Type locality: “Mexico”; restricted to “Tehuantepec, Oaxaca” by SMITH & TAYLOR 1950 [Sphaeriodactylus inornatus PETERS 1874]  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: USNM 6572 etc.
Lectotype: ZMB 36187, designated by HARRIS & KLUGE 1984 [Sphaeriodactylus inornatus PETERS 1874] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: The combination of lacking moveable eyelids, having the dorsal surface of the head covered with granular scales, having the claws displaced laterallybytheexpandeddistalsubdigital lamellae, and having superciliary spines distinguishes Sphaerodactylus glaucus from all other Honduran lizards, except the remaining Sphaerodactylus. Sphaerodactylus glaucus is the only Honduran mainland species of the genus with smooth dorsal scales of equal size (McCranie 2018: 113). 
CommentDistribution: Not listed for Costa Rica by KÖHLER (2000).

Types: Harris & Kluge 1984: 32 conclude that USNM 6572 is the holotype of S. glaucus and that USNM 62995-96 and MCZ 13570 are not types, but rather the "several specimens" later referred to by Cope (1866:125). 
EtymologyThe name glaucus is Latin (bluish green or gray) and was used by Cope (1866a: 192) for his color description of the dorsal surfaces of the holotype as ‘‘greenish stone color or glaucus.’’ 
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