Sphaerodactylus klauberi GRANT, 1931

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Higher Taxa	Sphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Puerto Rican Upland Geckolet, Puerto Rican highland sphaero, Klauber's Least Gecko
Synonym	Sphaerodactylus klauberi GRANT 1931: 207 Sphaerodactylus klauberi — THOMAS & SCHWARTZ 1966: 236 Sphaerodactylus klauberi — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 500 Sphaerodactylus klauberi — KLUGE 1993 Sphaerodactylus klauberi — RÖSLER 2000: 112
Distribution	Puerto Rico Type locality: El Yunque, Bosque Experimental de Luquillo, Puerto Rico.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MCZ 34473.
Diagnosis	Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1601 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	For illustrations see Grant, 1931; Thomas and Schwartz, 1966; Rivero, 1978.
Etymology	Named after Laurence Monroe Klauber, (1883-1968) American herpetologist. Short biography in Lovich et al. (2008).
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Díaz-Lameiro, A. M., Villamil, C. I., Gamble, T., Pinto, B. J., Herrera-Martínez, A., Thomas, R., ... & Daza, J. D. 2022. A New Species of Spphaerodactylus (Gekkota: Sphaerodactylidae) from the Northwest Limestone Region of Puerto Rico. Ichthyology & Herpetology, 110(3), 449-465 - get paper here Grant, C. 1931. The sphaerodactyls of Porto Rico, Culebra and Mona islands. J. Dept. Agric. Puerto Rico 15: 199-213. - get paper here Kluge A G 1993. Gekkonoid Lizard Taxonomy. International Gecko Society, San Diego, 245 pp. Lovich, K.; Mahrdt, C.R. & Beaman, K.R 2008. A Curator and His Rattlesnakes: The History of Laurence Monroe Klauber at the San Diego Zoo. In: Hayes et al. (eds), The biology of rattlesnakes. Loma Linda University Press, pp. 25-38 Rivero, J.A. 1978. Los anfibios y reptiles de Puerto Rico. M. Pareja Montana, 16, Barcelona, Espafia: x + 152 + 148pp. 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. Sphaerodactylus (Gekkonidae) in the greater Puerto Rico region. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences, 10:193—260 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.kingsnake.com/westindian/diapsida1.html Google images

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