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Pedernales least gecko
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Sphaerodactylidae
Genus:	Sphaerodactylus
Species:	S. randi
Binomial name
Sphaerodactylus randi Shreve, 1968
Distribution of Sphaerodactylus randi. Known range in red.
Synonyms
Sphaerodactylus notatus randi Shreve, 1968 Sphaerodactylus difficilis randi — Schwartz & Thomas, 1975 Sphaerodactylus randi — Schwartz, 1977

The Pedernales least gecko (Sphaerodactylus randi) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to the Dominican Republic.

Etymology

The specific name, randi, is in honor of American herpetologist Austin Stanley Rand (1932–2005).

The subspecific name, strahmi, is in honor of herpetologist Michael H. Strahm.

Habitat

The preferred habitat of S. randi is forest at altitudes of 9–123 m (30–404 ft). This species inhabits dry forests and coastal scrubs, where it has been found beneath piles of organic debris like piles of coconut husks.

Reproduction

S. randi is oviparous.

Subspecies

Three subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.

• Sphaerodactylus randi methorius Schwartz, 1977
• Sphaerodactylus randi randi Shreve, 1968
• Sphaerodactylus randi strahmi Schwartz, 1977

References

1. ^ Landestoy M, Inchaustegui S, Hedges B (2016). "Sphaerodactylus randi (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T75605838A115489980. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T75605838A75607884.en. Downloaded on 06 March 2019.
2. ^ Sphaerodactylus randi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
3. Schwartz & Thomas (1975)
4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Sphaerodactylus randi, p. 217).
5. Schwartz (1977). p. 245.
6. Schwartz, Albert (1991). Amphibians and reptiles of the West Indies : descriptions, distributions, and natural history. Robert W. Henderson. Gainesville: University of Florida Press. ISBN 0-585-19242-1. OCLC 44958544.

Further reading

• Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Sphaerodactylus randi, p. 113). (in German).
• Schwartz A (1977). "The geckoes (Sauria, Gekkonidae) of the genus Sphaerodactylus of the Dominican Península de Barahona, Hispaniola". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 90 (2): 243–254. (Sphaerodactylus randi, new status, pp. 247–248; S. r. methorius, new subspecies, pp. 248–251; S. r. strahmi, new subspecies, pp. 251–253).
• Schwartz A, Henderson RW (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 randi, p. 525).
• 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 difficilis randi, new combination, pp. 149–150).
• Shreve B (1968). "The notatus group of Sphaerodactylus (Sauria, Gekkonidae) in Hispaniola". Breviora (280): 1-28. (Sphaerodactylus notatus randi, new subspecies, pp. 5–7).

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