Sphaerodactylus beattyi

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Sphaerodactylus beattyi
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Sphaerodactylus
Species:
S. beattyi
Binomial name
Sphaerodactylus beattyi
Grant, 1937

Sphaerodactylus beattyi, also known commonly as the Saint Croix's sphaero, Beatty's least gecko,[2] and the cotton ginner gecko,[3] is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands.[2] There are two recognized subspecies.

Etymology[]

The specific name, beattyi, is in honor of Crucian naturalist (1902–1989).[4]

The subspecific name, seamani, is in honor of Crucian .[5]

Habitat[]

The preferred habitats of S. beattyi are shrubland and forest at altitudes of 0–150 m (0–492 ft).[1]

Reproduction[]

S. beattyi is oviparous.[2]

Subspecies[]

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b , (2016). "Sphaerodactylus beattyi (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T75605335A115485806. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T75605335A75607654.en. Downloaded on 26 February 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d Sphaerodactylus beattyi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Sphaerodactylus beattyi Grant, 1937". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  4. ^ , , (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Sphaerodactylus beattyi, p. 20).
  5. ^ Thomas & Schwartz (1966). p. 196.

Further reading[]

  • Grant C (1937). "Herpetological Notes with New Species from the American and British Virgin Islands, 1936". Journal of the Department of Agriculture of Puerto Rico 21: 503–522. (Sphaerodactylus beattyi, new species, p. 508).
  • (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha) ". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Sphaerodactylus beattyi, p. 110). (in German).
  • Schwartz A, (1991). Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press. 720 pp. ISBN 978-0813010496. (Sphaerodactylus beattyi, p. 471).
  • Schwartz A, Thomas R (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Sphaerodactylus beattyi, p. 145).
  • Thomas R, Schwartz A (1966). "Sphaerodactylus (Gekkonidae) in the Greater Puerto Rico Region". Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 10 (6): 193–260. (Sphaerodactylus beattyi seamani, new subspecies, pp. 251–253, Figure 10).



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