Sphaerodactylus phyzacinus THOMAS, 1964

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Higher Taxa	Sphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Les Saintes Geckolet
Synonym	Sphaerodactylus fantasticus phyzacinus THOMAS 1964 Sphaerodactylus fantasticus phyzacinus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988 Sphaerodactylus phyzacinus — THORPE et al. 2008 Sphaerodactylus phyzacinus — HEDGES & CONN 2012
Distribution	Îles des Saintes: Ilet à Cabrit, Terre-de-Bas, Terre-de-Haut Type locality: ÎIet à Cabrit, Iles des Saintes.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MCZ 77114
Diagnosis
Comment
Etymology	Named after Greek φυζακυνός, ‘fleeing, timid, fearful’ (Fretey 2023).
References	FRÉTEY, T. 2023. Etymology of nomina of Amphibians and Reptiles of the French Antilles. Bionomina 35 (1): 20-50 - get paper here Hedges, S.B. & Conn, C.E. 2012. A new skink fauna from Caribbean islands (Squamata, Mabuyidae, Mabuyinae). Zootaxa 3288: 1–244 - get paper here Powell, R., R. W. Henderson and R. S. Thorpe. 2010. Sphaerodactylus phyzacinus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (877): 1-3 - get paper here Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1988. West Indian Amphibian and Reptiles: A Checklist. Milwaukee Publ. Mus. Contr. Biol. Geol. No. 74: 264 pp. - get paper here Thomas, R. 1964. The races of Sphaerodactylus fantasticus Dumeril & Bibron in the Lesser Antilles. Carib. J. Sci. 4 (2/3): 373—390 Thorpe, R.S. 2022. Reptiles of the Lesser Antilles. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 608 pp. - get paper here Thorpe, R.S.; Jones, A.G.; Malhotra, A.; Surget-Groba, Y. 2008. Adaptive radiation in Lesser Antillean lizards: molecular phylogenetics and species recognition in the Lesser Antillean dwarf gecko complex, Sphaerodactylus fantasticus. Molecular Ecology 17(6):1489-1504 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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