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Sphaerodactylus armstrongi NOBLE, 1933

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Higher TaxaSphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
SubspeciesSphaerodactylus armstrongi hypsinephes THOMAS & SCHWARTZ 1983
Sphaerodactylus armstrongi armstrongi NOBLE & HASSLER 1933 
Common NamesE: Southern Forest Geckolet, Armstrong's Least Gecko 
SynonymSphaerodactylus armstrongi NOBLE & HASSLER 1933: 5
Sphaerodactylus armstrongi — COCHRAN 1941
Sphaerodactylus armstrongi — SHREVE 1968: 19
Sphaerodactylus armstrongi — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 469
Sphaerodactylus armstrongi — KLUGE 1993
Sphaerodactylus armstrongi — RÖSLER 2000: 110
Sphaerodactylus armstrongi — DE LISLE et al. 2013

Sphaerodactylus armstrongi hypsinephes THOMAS & SCHWARTZ 1983: 49
Sphaerodactylus armstrongi hypsinephes — DE LISLE et al. 2013 
DistributionDominican Republic, Hispaniola (Paradis/Brahona Province), Haiti

Type locality: “mountain top on property of G. Herrmann, near Paradis, Barahona, Dominican Republic, 2400 feet”  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: AMNH 51470, adult male
Holotype: USNM, adult male; paratypes: ASFS [hypsinephes] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1451 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentFor illustrations see Thomas and Schwartz, 1983.

Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Cochran, D.M. 1941. The herpetology of Hispaniola. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 177: vii + 398 pp. - get paper here
  • Noble, G. K. and W. G. Hassler 1933. Two new species of frogs, five new species and a new race of lizards from the Dominican Republic. American Museum Novitates 652: 1-17. - get paper here
  • 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.
  • Shreve, B. 1968. The notatus group of Sphaerodactylus (Sauria, Gekkonidae) in Hispaniola. Breviora (280): 1-28 - get paper here
  • Thomas R. and S. B. Hedges 1988. Two new geckos (Sphaerodactylus) from the Sierra Martin Garcia of Hispaniola. Herpetologica 44: 96-104. - get paper here
  • Thomas, R. and S. B. Hedges. 1992. An unusual new Sphaerodactylus from Hispaniola (Squamata, Gekkonidae). Journal of Herpetology 26 (3): 289-292 - get paper here
  • Thomas, R., and A. Schwartz. 1983. Part 2. Sphaerodactylus savagei, S. cochranae, S. darlingtoni, S. armstrongi, S. streptophorus, and conclusions. Pp. 31-60. In: Schwartz, A., and R. Thomas. The difficilis complex of Sphaerodactylus (Sauria, Gekkonidae) of Hispaniola. Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History, (22) :1—60
  • Uetz, P.H.; Patel, M.; Gbadamosi, Z.; Nguyen, A.; Shoope, S. 2024. A Reference Database of Reptile Images. Taxonomy 4: 723–732 - get paper here
 
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