Sphaerodactylus torrei BARBOUR, 1914
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Sphaerodactylus torrei
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| Higher Taxa | Sphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | Sphaerodactylus torrei spielmani GRANT 1958 Sphaerodactylus torrei torrei BARBOUR 1914 |
| Common Names | E: Cuban Broad-banded Geckolet, Barbour's Least Gecko |
| Synonym | Sphaerodactylus torrei BARBOUR 1914: 260 Sphaerodactylus torrei — BARBOUR & RAMSDEN 1919 Sphaerodactylus torrei — KLUGE 1993 Sphaerodactylus torrei — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 541 Sphaerodactylus torrei — RÖSLER 2000: 114 Sphaerodactylus torrei torrei — DE LISLE et al. 2013 Sphaerodactylus torrei spielmani GRANT 1958 Sphaerodactylus spielmani GRANT 1958 Sphaerodactylus spielmani — THOMAS & SCHWARTZ 1966 Sphaerodactylus torrie spielmani — TANNER 1970: 221 Sphaerodactylus torrei spielmani — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 541 Sphaerodactylus torrei spielmani — DE LISLE et al. 2013 |
| Distribution | Cuba torrei: Cuba (Santiago de Cuba east to Playa Juraguá, inland to Dos Bocas); Type locality: Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba Province, Cuba. spielmani: Cuba (Rio Hatibonico to Bahia de Guantánamo); Type locality: Guantánamo, Guantanamo Province, Cuba; emended to east side of Rio Hatibonico, about one-quarter mile inland, approximately 10 miles west of the western side of the mouth of the Bahia de Guantanamo, Guantanamo Province, Cuba by THOMAS 1968. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: MCZ R-6916 (not MCZ 1916 !) Holotype: INHS (= UIMNH) 44015, paratype: BYU [spielmani] |
| Diagnosis | DESCRIPTION: Size moderate (SVL in males to 38 mm, in females to 39 mm); dorsals small, granular, swollen, erect (especially on sides where papillate), weakly imbricate, axilla to groin 39-61; no area of middorsal granules or granular scales; ventrals smooth, cycloid, imbricate, axilla to groin 25-39; dorsal caudal scales smooth, acute, flat-lying, imbricate, ventral caudal scales cycloid, imbricate, enlarged midventrally; snout acuminate, not depressed or decurved; snout scales large, granular, smooth, juxtaposed; 1 postnasal; 0-3 (mode 1) internasals; upper labials to mideye 4-5 (mode 5); gular scales smooth; chest scales smooth; midbody scales 53-83; escutcheon 5-14 x 8-24. Strongly sexually dichromatic; dorsum (males) unicolor gray to tan; head and tail yellow to almost orange; venter tan; dorsum (females) tan to gray with 2 dark brown body bands, usually solid but tending to become somewhat paler centrally with increasing size; collar similar to body bands; ocelli absent in collar and body bands; head with pair of dark canthal lines (or totally dark lores) and median snout line, the latter joining or not with postocular line (which may be reduced or absent, by subspecies); dark head bands typically end abruptly on throat or continue completely across, not forming extensive marbling or fading out; a small but distinct dark mental spot; tail banded like body (Schwartz & Henderson 1991: 541). |
| Comment | Not listed by LINER 1994. |
| Etymology | Named after Professor Carlos de la Torre y la Huerta (1858-1950), regarded as the foremost Cuban naturalist of his generation. He was closely associated with the Smithsonian, but he died some 10 years before Castro took power and Cuba became isolated from USA. |
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