Sphaerodactylus gaigeae GRANT, 1932
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Sphaerodactylus gaigeae
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| Higher Taxa | Sphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Chevronate Geckolet, Chevronated sphaero, Gaige's Least Gecko |
| Synonym | Sphaerodactylus gaigeae GRANT 1932: 31 Sphaerodactylus gaigeae — THOMAS & SCHWARTZ 1966: 240 Sphaerodactylus gaigeae — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 496 Sphaerodactylus gaigeae — KLUGE 1993 Sphaerodactylus gaigeae — RÖSLER 2000: 112 |
| Distribution | Puerto Rico (Port d'Enfer, 5,5 km N Campeche), Vieques, Isla Pineros Type locality: Mountains near Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Syntypes: UMMZ 73605 (6) |
| Diagnosis | DESCRIPTION: Size small (SVL in males to 25 mm, in females to 25 mm); dorsals large, acute, strongly keeled, flattened, imbricate, axilla to groin 20-30; no area of middorsal granules or granular scales; ventrals cycloid, imbricate, very rarely incompletely keeled, axilla to groin 23-28; dorsal caudal scales keeled, acute, imbricate, flat-lying, ventral caudal scales smooth, cycloid, enlarged midventrally; snout short, blunt; snout scales large, narrow, swollen, slightly imbricate; 1 post- nasal; 1-4 (mode 3) internasals; upper labials to mideye 3; gular scales keeled; chest scales variably keeled; midbody scales 48-52; escutcheon moderate, with extensions onto thighs to behind knees, 3-5 x 16-21 (from Schwartz & Henderson 1991: 496). Coloration: No sexual dichromatism; dorsum dark brown with pattern of darker scales or scale-groups and 2 rows of dark-edged buffy ocelli continuing onto tail as dark stripe scalloped by light areas; scapular pattern faint to absent, consisting of slightly darker brown patch with 2 small ocelli; head and neck pattern with 2 anteriorly pointing pale chevrons, the anterior derived from light area between dark supraciliary stripes and nuchal dark spot, the posterior from light anterior margin of scapular patch; venter pale but often invaded by dark pigment; throat nearly uniform pale yellow or with dark brown streaking; underside of tail dull orange; iris golden (from Schwartz & Henderson 1991: 496). |
| Comment | For illustrations see Thomas and Schwartz, 1966; Rivero, 1978. |
| Etymology | Named after Helen Beulah Thompson Gaige (1890-1976), American herpetologist at the University of Michigan. See Bell et al. 2021 for biographical data. |
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