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Sphaerodactylus homolepis COPE, 1886

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Higher TaxaSphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Caribbean Least Gecko 
SynonymSphaerodactylus homolepis COPE 1886
Sphaerodactylus homolepis var. carinatus ANDERSSON 1916 (fide TAYLOR)
Sphaerodactylus lineolatus imbricatus ANDERSSON 1916: 5
Sphaerodactylus imbricatus — TAYLRO 1956: 45
Sphaerodactylus mertensi — WERMUTH 1965: 168
Sphaerodactylus homolepis — HARRIS & KLUGE 1984: 38
Sphaerodactylus homolepis — KLUGE 1993
Sphaerodactylus homolepis — KÖHLER 2000: 51
Sphaerodactylus homolepis — SUNYER & MARTÍNEZ-FONSECA 2023 
DistributionS Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Magdalena, Panama, Colombia

Type locality: Nicaragua  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: USNM 14207 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2054 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentNot in Colombia fide F. Castro (pers. comm.)

Similar species: S. lineolatus 
EtymologyNamed after Greek homos (ὁμῶς), equally, likewise, alike + Greek lepis (λεπίς), scale. [“...Scales of lower surface of normal tail similar to those of upper surface...”]. 
References
  • Andersson, L.G. 1916. Notes on the reptiles and batrachians in the Zoological Museum at Gothenburg with an account of some new species. Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskap och Vitter Hets-Samnalles Hndlingar Sjatte Foljden (Series B, 4) 17 (5) [ = Meddelanden fran Göteborgs Musei Zoologiska Afdelning, No. 9]: 1-41
  • Cope, E.D. 1886. Thirteenth contribution to the herpetology of tropical America. Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 23: 271-287 [1885] - get paper here
  • Fuentes, Rogemif; Aschcroft, Jesse; Erick Barría, Helio Quintero-Arrieta, Alexis Baules, Abel Batista, Eduardo Zambrano, Marcos Ponce 2023. Herpetological diversity in forests of Portobelo National Park, Colón Biological Corridor, Panama. Reptiles & Amphibians 30 (1): e18434 - get paper here
  • Grisales Martínez, Freddy Alexander; Rendón-Valencia, Beatríz 2019. Registro del geco caribeño Sphaerodactylus homolepis Cope, 1886 (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) en Colombia. Cuad. herpetol. 33 (1): - get paper here
  • Harris D M; Kluge A G 1984. The Sphaerodactylus (Sauria: Gekkonidae) of Middle America. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan (No. 706): 1-59 - get paper here
  • Hilje B, Chaves G, Klank J, Timmerman F, Feltham J, Gillingwater S, Piraino T, Rojas E 2020. Amphibians and Reptiles of the Tirimbina Biological Reserve: a baseline for conservation, research and environmental education in a lowland tropical wet forest in Costa Rica. Check List 16(6): 1633-1655 - get paper here
  • Köhler, G. 2000. Reptilien und Amphibien Mittelamerikas, Bd 1: Krokodile, Schildkröten, Echsen. Herpeton Verlag, Offenbach, 158 pp.
  • Köhler, G. 2008. Reptiles of Central America. 2nd Ed. Herpeton-Verlag, 400 pp.
  • Savage, J.M. 2002. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica: A Herpetofauna Between Two Continents, Between Two Seas. University of Chicago Press, 934 pp. [review in Copeia 2003 (1): 205]
  • Spangler, M. 2015. Chapter 12 - Amphibians and Reptiles at the Ometepe and La Suerte Field Sites: Toward an Overview of the Evolution, Diversity, and Natural History of Central America’s Herpetofauna. In: F. Huettmann (ed.), Central American Biodiversity. Springer, pp. 273-313 - get paper here
  • Sunyer, Javier 2014. An updated checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Nicaragua. Mesoamerican Herpetology 1 (2): 186–202. - get paper here
  • Sunyer, Javier & José́ Gabriel Martínez-Fonseca 2023. An updated country checklist to the amphibians and reptiles of Nicaragua. REVISTA NICARAGÜENSE DE BIODIVERSIDAD (100): 1-25 - get paper here
  • Taylor, E. H. 1956. A review of the lizards of Costa Rica. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 38 (part 1): 3-322 - get paper here
 
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