Sphaerodactylus samanensis COCHRAN, 1932
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Higher Taxa | Sphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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Common Names | E: Haitises Banded Geckolet, Samana Least Gecko |
Synonym | Sphaerodactylus samanensis COCHRAN 1932:183 Sphaerodactylus samanensis — COCHRAN 1941 Sphaerodactylus samanensis — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 531 Sphaerodactylus samanensis — KLUGE 1993 Sphaerodactylus samanensis — RÖSLER 2000: 114 Sphaerodactylus samanensis — CHÁVEZ et al. 2021 |
Distribution | Hispaniola: Dominican Republic Type locality: Boca del Infierno, Bahia de Samana, Hato Mayor Province, República Dominicana. |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: USNM 74970. |
Diagnosis | DESCRIPTION: Size small (SVL in males to 27 mm, in females to 29 mm); dorsals large, keeled, tectiform, imbricate, axilla to groin 23-28; no area of middorsal granules or granular scales; ventrals smooth, cycloid, slightly smaller than dorsals, axilla to groin ca. 22-28; dorsal caudal scales large, faintly keeled, imbricate, ventral caudal scales smooth, imbricate; snout somewhat blunted, not depressed or decurved; snout scales enlarged, granular, distinctly keeled, nonimbricate; 2 post-nasals; 0 internasal; upper labials to mideye 3; gular scales very small, smooth, imbricate; chest scales smooth; midbody scales 44-48; escutcheon unknown. Pattern apparently somewhat sexually dichromatic; dorsum tan; a broad, dark collar with 2 white ocelli, these opening laterally so that collar is laterally divided, forming a transverse H, or with ocelli entire; body with 4 dark brown to black transverse lines or bars, comparable to the bold edges of 2 completely hollowed transverse bars, bars (in males) dissociated and fragmented, appearing as a series of individual transverse bars or lines; head with dark, U-shaped figure partially enclosing dark median line; venter tan with pink on chest; throat yellow-tinged (Schwartz & Henderson 1991: 531). |
Comment | For illustrations see Cochran, 1941; Schwartz, 1976. |
Etymology | Named after the type locality. |
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