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Sphaerodactylus parthenopion THOMAS, 1965

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Higher TaxaSphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Virgin Islands Dwarf Geckolet, Virgin Gorda Least Gecko 
SynonymSphaerodactylus parthenopion THOMAS 1965: 117
Sphaerodactylus parthenopion — THOMAS & SCHWARTZ 1966: 247
Sphaerodactylus parthenopion — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 522
Sphaerodactylus parthenopion — KLUGE 1993
Sphaerodactylus parthenopion — RÖSLER 2000: 113 
DistributionBritish Virgin Islands (Gorda)

Type locality: Hillside above Pond Bay, Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MCZ 77211. 
DiagnosisDESCRIPTION: Size very small (SVL in males to 16 mm, in females to 18 mm); dorsals small, acute, strongly keeled, flattened, imbricate, axilla to groin 30-35; no area of middorsal granules or granular scales; ventrals smooth, cycloid, imbricate, axilla to groin 26-29; dorsal caudal scales keeled, acute, imbricate, flat-lying, ventral caudal scales smooth, cycloid, enlarged midventrally; snout moderately long, rather blunt; snout scales small, narrow, flat, juxtaposed; 2 postnasals; 1-3 (mode 2) internasals; upper labials to mideye 2-3 (mode 3); gular scales keeled; chest scales keeled (l exception); midbody scales 50-55; escutcheon relatively small, with only slight extensions onto thighs, 3-5 x 11-13. Not sexually dichromatic; dorsum deep brown with scattered darker scales or fine reticulum of darker pigment; narrow, dark-edged postocular stripe over each temple, fading at occipital region; a dark-edged, yellow-brown, more or less oval, transverse bar across occipital region, ends reaching (or not) postocular stripes; a faint, light preocular bar across base of snout; venter grayish to cream with varying invasion of dark pigment; throat pattern faint to bold linear markings; tail yellowish brown with pattern of irregular, short, linear or clustered dark elements (from Schwartz & Henderson 1991: 522). 
CommentFor illustrations see Thomas, 1965; Thomas and Schwartz, 1966; MacLean, 1982.

Size: One of the smallest reptiles with a total maximal length of 32 mm. 
References
  • MacLean, W.P. 1982. Reptiles and amphibians of the Virgin Islands. MacMillan Caribbean, London: vii + 54 pp.
  • Mayer,G.C. & Lazell,J. 1988. Distributional records for reptiles and amphibians from the Puerto Rico Bank. Herpetological Review 19 91): 23-24 - get paper here
  • 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. 1965. A new gecko from the Virgin Islands. Quarterly J. Florida Acad. Sci. 28:117-122. - get paper here
  • 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
 
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