Sphaerodactylus ramsdeni RUIBAL, 1959
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Higher Taxa | Sphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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Common Names | E: Cuban Forest Geckolet, Ramsden's Least Gecko |
Synonym | Sphaerodactylus ramsdeni RUIBAL 1959: 89 Sphaerodactylus ramsdeni — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 524 Sphaerodactylus ramsdeni — KLUGE 1993 Sphaerodactylus ramsdeni — RÖSLER 2000: 113 |
Distribution | Cuba
Type locality: Monte Libano, Guantánamo Province, Cuba.
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Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: MCZ 8536. |
Diagnosis | Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1874 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
Comment | For illustrations see Barbour and Ramsden, 1919 (as S. nigropunctatus). |
Etymology | Named 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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