Sphaerodactylus leucaster SCHWARTZ, 1973

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Higher Taxa	Sphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Broken-striped Geckolet, Eastern Least Gecko
Synonym	Sphaerodactylus leucaster SCHWARTZ 1973:36 Sphaerodactylus leucaster — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 503 Sphaerodactylus leucaster — KLUGE 1993 Sphaerodactylus leucaster — RÖSLER 2000: 112
Distribution	Hispaniola: Dominican Republic Type locality: El Higuito, 1.6 mi. (2.6 km) NE Fondo Negro, Barahona Province, República Dominicana.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: USNM 189234.
Diagnosis
Comment	For illustrations see Schwartz, 1973; Schwartz and Graham, 1980 (fig. 2B); Thomas and Hedges, 1988.
References	Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153 Schwartz, A and E. D. Graham, Jr. 1980. The shrevei group of Hispaniolan Sphaerodactylus (Reptilia, Gekkonidae). Tulane Studies Zool. Bot. 22: 1-15. - get paper here Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp. Schwartz. A. 1973. A third species of tie Hispaniolan shrevei group of Sphaerodactylus (Sauria, Gekkonidae),. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 86: 35-40. - get paper here Thomas R. and S. B. Hedges 1988. Two new geckos (Sphaerodactylus) from the Sierra Martin Garcia of Hispaniola. Herpetologica 44: 96-104. - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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