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Sphaerodactylus savagei SHREVE, 1968

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Higher TaxaSphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
SubspeciesSphaerodactylus savagei juanilloensis SHREVE 1968
Sphaerodactylus savagei savagei SHREVE 1968 
Common NamesE: Altagracia Speckled Geckolet, Savage's Least Gecko 
SynonymSphaerodactylus notatus savagei SHREVE 1968: 7
Sphaerodactylus difficilis — GRANT 1952: 187 (part.)
Sphaerodactylus savagei — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 532
Sphaerodactylus savagei — KLUGE 1993
Sphaerodactylus savagei — RÖSLER 2000: 114
Sphaerodactylus savagei savagei — DE LISLE et al. 2013

Sphaerodactylus savagei juanilloensis SHREVE 1968
Sphaerodactylus notatus juanilloensis SHREVE 1968
Sphaerodactylus savagei juanilloensis — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991
Sphaerodactylus savagei juanilloensis — RÖSLER 2000: 114
Sphaerodactylus savagei juanilloensis — DE LISLE et al. 2013 
DistributionHispaniola: Dominican Republic (Province El Seibo, Prov. La Altagracia), Isla Soana

savagei: from La Romana to east side of Rio Chavôn. Type locality: La Romana, Altagracia, Dominican Republic

juanilloensis: extreme eastern Repéblica Dominicana; Isla Saona. Type locality: Juanillo, Altagracia, DR.

INCERTAE SEDIS: Material from Isla Catalinita and Sabana Grande de Palenque is not assigned to subspecies.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: CAS-SUR 14695, formerly SU 14695, female
Holotype: MCZ 73901 [juanilloensis] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2389 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentApparently most closely related to S. notatus difficilis. 
EtymologyNamed for Jay M. Savage, American herpetologist (born 1928).

S. s. juanilloensis was named after the type locality, Juanillo. 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Donnelly, Maureen A. D 2013. Jay M. Savage. Copeia Dec 2013, Vol. 2013, No. 4: 757-767. - 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.
  • Shreve, B. 1968. The notatus group of Sphaerodactylus (Sauria, Gekkonidae) in Hispaniola. Breviora (280): 1-28 - 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
 
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