Sphaerodactylus nicholsi

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Sphaerodactylus nicholsi

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Sphaerodactylus
Species:
S. nicholsi
Binomial name
Sphaerodactylus nicholsi
Grant, 1931

Sphaerodactylus nicholsi, also known commonly as Nichols least gecko, Nichol's dwarf sphaero or the Puerto Rican crescent sphaero, is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae . The species is endemic to Puerto Rico.[2]

Etymology[]

The specific name, nicholsi, is in honor of American ichthyologist John Treadwell Nichols.[3]

Habitat[]

The preferred habitats of S. nicholsi are forest, shrubland, and marine intertidal, but it may also be found in introduced vegetation.[1]

Reproduction[]

Sphaerodactylus nicholsi is oviparous.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Rodriguez, C.; Hedges, B.; Powell, R.; Joglar, R. (2016). "Sphaerodactylus nicholsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T178301A71744715. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T178301A71744715.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Sphaerodactylus nicholsi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
  3. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Sphaerodactylus nicholsi, p. 190).

Further reading[]

  • Grant C (1931). "The sphaerodactyls of Porto Rico, Culebra and Mona Islands". Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Porto Rico 15: 199–213. (Sphaerodactylus nicholsi, new species, p. 204).
  • (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28-153. (Sphaerodactylus nicholsi, p. 113). (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 nicholsi, p. 511).
  • 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 nicholsi, p. 156).


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