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Sphaerodactylus parkeri (GRANT, 1939)

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Higher TaxaSphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: South Jamaican Banded Geckolet, Parker's Least Gecko 
SynonymSpliacrodactylus parkeri GRANT 1939: 8
Sphaerodactylus parkeri — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 521
Sphaerodactylus parkeri — KLUGE 1993
Sphaerodactylus parkeri — RÖSLER 2000: 113
Sphaerodactylus parkeri — WILSON 2011 
DistributionJamaica, St. Elisabeth`s

Type locality: Alligator Pond, Manchester Parish, Jamaica.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MCZ 45005, adult female (given as “Grant collection 964” by Grant 1939) 
DiagnosisUnfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us if you need any of this material. 
CommentFor illustrations see Barbour, 1921 (as S. richardsoni); Grant, 1939; Grant, 1940. 
EtymologyNamed after Dr. Hampton Wildman Parker (1897-1968), an English zoologist who studied in Cambridge. 
References
  • Barbour, T. 1921. Sphaerodactylus. Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. (Harvard) 47: 215-282. - get paper here
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Grant, C. 1939. Two new sphaerodactyls from Jamaica. Copeia 1939 (1): 7-13. - get paper here
  • Grant, C. 1940. The herpetology of Jamaica Il. The reptiles. Bull. Inst. Jamaica., Sci. Ser. 1: 61-148.
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
  • Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp.
  • Wilson, B.S. & Vogel, P. 2000. A survey of the herpetofauna of the Hellshire Hills, Jamaica, including the rediscovery of the Blue-tailed Galliwasp (Celestus duquesneyi Grant). Carib. J. Sci. 36: 244-249
  • Wilson, Byron S. 2011. Conservation of Jamaican amphibians and reptiles. In: Hailey et al., eds, Conservation of Caribbean Island Herpetofaunas Volume 2: 273-310 - get paper here
 
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