Sphaerodactylus randi SHREVE, 1968
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Sphaerodactylus randi
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| Higher Taxa | Sphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | Sphaerodactylus randi methorius SCHWARTZ 1977 Sphaerodactylus randi strahmi SCHWARTZ 1977 Sphaerodactylus randi randi SHREVE 1968 |
| Common Names | E: Barahona Speckled Geckolet, Pedernales Least Gecko |
| Synonym | Sphaerodactylus notatus randi SHREVE 1968: 5 Sphaerodactylus randi — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 525 Sphaerodactylus randi — KLUGE 1993 Sphaerodactylus randi — RÖSLER 2000: 113 Sphaerodactylus randi randi — DE LISLE et al. 2013 Sphaerodactylus randi methorius SCHWARTZ 1977 Sphaerodactylus randi methorius SCHWARTZ 1977: 248 Sphaerodactylus randi methorius — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988: 190 Sphaerodactylus randi methorius — DE LISLE et al. 2013 Sphaerodactylus randi strahmi SCHWARTZ 1977 Sphaerodactylus randi strahmi SCHWARTZ 1977: 251 Sphaerodactylus randi strahmi — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988: 190 Sphaerodactylus randi strahmi — DE LISLE et al. 2013 |
| Distribution | Hispaniola: Dominican Republic (Pedernales Province, Pedernales Province) randi: vicinity of type-locality. Type locality: Oviedo, Pedernales, Dominican Republic methorius: vicinity of Pedernales, República Dominicana. Type locality: Pedernales, Pedernales Province, Republica Dominicana. strahmi: vicinity of Juancho, República Dominicana; Cayo Pisaje. Type locality: 3 km SE Juancho, opposite Cayo Pisaje, Pedernales Province, Republica Dominicana. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: MCZ 57839 Holotype: CM 60501 [methorius] Holotype: USNM 1973 16 [strahmi] |
| Diagnosis | DESCRIPTION: Size moderate (SVL in males to 31 mm, in females to 32 mm); dorsals large, acute, strongly keeled, flattened, imbricate, axilla to groin 27-39; no area of middorsal granules or granular scales; ventrals smooth, cycloid, imbricate, axilla to groin 27-37; dorsal caudal scales keeled, acute, imbricate, flat-lying to slightly erected, ventral caudal scales smooth, cycloid, not to slightly enlarged midventrally; snout acuminate, not depressed or decurved; snout scales small, broad, flat, smooth, juxtaposed; 2 postnasals; 0-3 (mode 1) internasals; upper labials to mideye 3-4 (strongly modally 3); gular scales usually smooth, but occasionally keeled or partially keeled; chest scales smooth; midbody scales 45-57; escutcheon with broad, compact central area and extensions to about midpoint of thighs or a little beyond, 4-7 x 12-16. Dorsal coloration and pattern variable, but not strongly sexually dichromatic; dorsum pale tan to dark brown, either uniform or flecked with darker pigment to give "salt-and-pepper" effect; females of 1 population at times with orange body ocelli; males with heads heavily dotted to vermiculate dark brown or black on yellowish or tan ground, heads in females either dotted dark brown or with a trilineate head pattern; throat either concolor with venter (flesh-colored, whitish, dark brown) or with upper side of head yellow; scapular patch (in juveniles) more or less square, black, with a widely opened, pale chevron along anterior edge and with 2 whitish to orange ocelli, either included in, or lying along posterior edge of, scapular patch, or at times fused to each other to give a black patch with both anterior and posterior margins pale or orange; scapular pattern much reduced in males (usually absent but ocelli and bar at times indicated) and less reduced in adult females, which have patch, bar, and ocelli present, obscure, or even absent (Schwartz & Henderson 1991: 525). |
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| Etymology | Named for A. Stanley Rand (1932-2005), American herpetologist and co-collector of the type series. |
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