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Sphaerodactylus rhabdotus SCHWARTZ, 1970

IUCN Red List - Sphaerodactylus rhabdotus - Endangered, EN
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Higher TaxaSphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Hispaniolan Two-striped Geckolet, Two-striped sphaero, Vallede Neiba Least Gecko 
SynonymSphaerodactylus rhabdotus SCHWARTZ 1970: 64
Sphaerodactylus rhabdotus — SCHWARTZ & GRAHAM 1980: 4
Sphaerodactylus rhabdotus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 526
Sphaerodactylus rhabdotus — KLUGE 1993
Sphaerodactylus rhabdotus — RÖSLER 2000: 114 
DistributionHispaniola: Dominican Republic (Valle de Neiba)

Type locality: 5 km SE La Florida, 500 ft. (153 m), Independencia Province, República Dominicana.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: USNM 166960. 
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CommentFor illustrations see Schwartz, 1970; Schwartz and Graham, 1980 (fig. 2C). 
EtymologyNamed after Greek rhabdos = lined, in reference to the lines on its dorsum (Schwartz 1970 has only a rough drawing but not photo of the species). 
References
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
  • Schwartz, A and E. D. Graham, Jr. 1980. The shrevei group of Hispaniolan Sphaerodactylus (Reptilia, Gekkonidae). Tulane Studies Zool. Bot. 22: 1-15. - get paper here
  • Schwartz, A. 1970. A new species of gecko (Gekkonidae, Sphaerodactylus) from Hispaniola. Journal of Herpetology 4 (1-2): 63-67. - get paper here
  • Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp.
  • Thomas, Richard and S. Blair Hedges 1998. A new gecko from the Sierra de Neiba of Hispaniola (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Sphaerodactylus). Herpetologica 54 (3): 333-336 - get paper here
 
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