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Sphaerodactylus ruibali GRANT, 1959

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Higher TaxaSphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Guantanamo Bay Geckolet, Ruibal's Least Gecko 
SynonymSphaerodactylus ruibali GRANT 1959: 53
Sphaerodactylus ruibali — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 529
Sphaerodactylus ruibali — KLUGE 1993
Sphaerodactylus ruibali — RÖSLER 2000: 114 
DistributionAntilles, Cuba (Guantanamo Province)

Type locality: U.S. Naval Base, Guantanamo, Guantánamo Province, Cuba.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: INHS (= UIMNH) 44246. 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1636 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentFor illustrations see Thomas and Schwartz, 1966. 
EtymologyNamed after the collector, Cuban herpetologist Rodolfo Ruibal (1927-2016), who spent most of his career at UC Riverside. See Lillywhite 2016 for an obituary. 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Fong, A. & Diaz 2004. Two new species of Sphaerodactylus (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from the southeastern coast of Cuba. Solenodon 4: 73-84
  • Grant, C. 1959. Another new Sphaerodactylus from Guantanamo, Cuba. Herpetologica 15 (1): 53 - get paper here
  • Kaup, B. 2012. Farbenfrohe Winzlinge – Kugelfingergeckos im heimischen Wohnzimmer. Reptilia (Münster) 17 (97): 39-45 - get paper here
  • Lillywhite, Harvey B. 2016. Obituary: Herpetology loses a class act: Rodolfo Ruibal, 1927-2016. Herpetological Review 47 (4): 741-745 - get paper here
  • Rodríguez Schettino, Lourdes, Carlos A. Mancina & Vilma Rivalta González 2013. REPTILES OF CUBA: CHECKLIST AND GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTIONS. Smithsonian Herp. Inf. Serv. (144): 1-96 - 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.
  • Thomas, R., and A. Schwartz. 1966. The Sphaerodactylus decoratus complex in the West Indies. Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, 7:1-26 - get paper here
 
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