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Sphaerodactylus richardsonii GRAY, 1845

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Higher TaxaSphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
SubspeciesSphaerodactylus richardsonii gossei GRANT 1939
Sphaerodactylus richardsonii richardsonii GRAY 1845 
Common NamesE: Northern Jamaica Banded Geckolet, Richardson's Least Gecko 
SynonymSphaerodactylus Richardsoni GRAY 1845:168
Sphaerodactylus richardsonii — BOULENGER 1885: 227
Sphaerodactylus richardsonii — BARBOUR 1910: 290
Sphaerodactylus richardsoni richardsoni — GRANT 1940: 78
Sphaerodactylus richardsoni — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 527
Sphaerodactylus richardsonii — KLUGE 1993
Sphaerodactylus richardsonii — RÖSLER 2000: 114
Sphaerodactylus richardsoni — WILSON 2011

Sphaerodactylus richardsonii gossei GRANT 1939
Sphaerodactylus richardsonii gossei GRANT 1939: 10
Sphaerodactylus richardsonii gossei — GRANT 1940: 76
Sphaerodactylus richardsonii gossei — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988: 190
Sphaerodactylus richardsonii gossei — DE LISLE et al. 2013 
DistributionAntilles, Jamaica

richardsoni: known with certainty only from vicinity of Montego Bay. Type locality: "America"; restricted to Montego Bay, St. James Parish, Jamaica, by Grant, 1939.

gossei: known with certainty only from north coastal region of Jamaica. Altitudinal distribution sea level to 260 ft. Type locality: Mouth of Roaring River, St. Ann Parish, Jamaica.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.8.26.51, female (formerly 1845.2.20.5)
Holotype: MCZ 45015, adult female (given as “Grant collection 2149” by Grant 1939 [gossei] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2354 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentFor illustrations see Grant, 1940.

The main distinction between S. r. richardsoni and S. r. gossei is the presence of unicolor males in the nominate subspecies versus essentially female-colored males in S. r. gossei. 
EtymologyNamed after the collector or donor, “Presented by Dr. Richardson” (Gray 1845: 169)

S. r. gossei was named after P. H.Gosse who wrote “A Naturalist's Sojourn in Jamaica.” (1851) and who collected the types of Sphaerodactylus richardsoni. 
References
  • Barbour, T. 1910. Notes on the herpetology of Jamaica. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 52: 273—301 - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp. - 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.
  • Gray, J. E. 1845. Catalogue of the specimens of lizards in the collection of the British Museum. Trustees of die British Museum/Edward Newman, London: xxvii + 289 pp. - 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.
  • 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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