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Sphaerodactylus ramsdeni RUIBAL, 1959

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Higher TaxaSphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Cuban Forest Geckolet, Ramsden's Least Gecko 
SynonymSphaerodactylus ramsdeni RUIBAL 1959: 89
Sphaerodactylus ramsdeni — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 524
Sphaerodactylus ramsdeni — KLUGE 1993
Sphaerodactylus ramsdeni — RÖSLER 2000: 113 
DistributionCuba

Type locality: Monte Libano, Guantánamo Province, Cuba.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MCZ 8536. 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1874 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentFor illustrations see Barbour and Ramsden, 1919 (as S. nigropunctatus). 
EtymologyNamed after Dr. Charles Theodore Ramsden (1876-1951), an entomologist, herpetologist, and naturalist who received his doctorate from Universidad de La Habana (1917). 
References
  • Barbour, T. and C. T. Ramsden. 1919. The herpetology of Cuba. Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., Harvard Coll. 47: 69-213. - get paper here
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - 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
  • Ruibal, R. 1959. A new species of Sphaerodactylus from Oriente, Cuba. Herpetologica 15 (2): 89-93. - get paper here
  • Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp.
  • Thomas, R., S. B. Hedges, and O.H. Garrido. 1992. Two new species of Sphaerodactylus from eastern Cuba (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Herpetologica 48: 358-367. - get paper here
 
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