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Sphaerodactylus festus BARBOUR, 1915

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Higher TaxaSphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Martinique Geckolet, Martinique sphaero 
SynonymSphaerodactylus festus BARBOUR 1915: 73
Sphaerodactylus vincenti festus — KING 1962: 30
Sphaerodactylus vincenti festus — BREUIL 2013
Sphaerodactylus festus — HEDGES et al. 2019
Sphaerodactylus festus — THORPE 2022 
DistributionMartinique; leeward coast (Fort-de-France to 1 km NW Schoelcher), and inland to vicinity of Didier and St.-Joseph.

Type locality: Martinique; restricted to Fort-de-France, Martinique, by Barbour, 1921.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MCZ 10622 
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Comment 
EtymologyNamed from the Latin festus = joy, joyful, merry, a reference to the types having been collected on Independence Day, 4 July 1914. 
References
  • Barbour, T. 1915. Recent notes regarding West Indian reptiles and amphibians. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 28: 71-78 - get paper here
  • Breuil, Michel 2013. Composition et endémisme de l’herpétofaune martiniquaise : histoire géologique et différenciation intra-insulaire du sphérodactyle. Biodiversité insulaire, la flore, la faune et l’homme dans les Petites Antilles, Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, pp. 116-129; <br />ISBN 978-2-9545484-0-1
  • Hedges SB, Powell R, Henderson RW, Hanson S, and Murphy JC 2019. Definition of the Caribbean Islands biogeographic region, with checklist and recommendations for standardized common names of amphibians and reptiles. Caribbean Herpetology 67: 1–53
  • King, W. 1962. Systematics of Lesser Antillean lizards of the genus Sphaerodactylus. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences, 7:1-52 - get paper here
  • Thorpe, R.S. 2022. Reptiles of the Lesser Antilles. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 608 pp. - get paper here
 
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