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Sphaerodactylus nicholsi

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Species of reptile

Sphaerodactylus nicholsi
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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, Nichols dwarf sphaero or the Puerto Rican crescent sphaero, is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae . The species is endemic to Puerto Rico.

Etymology

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

Habitat

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

Reproduction

Sphaerodactylus nicholsi is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ 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. ^ 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).
  • Rösler (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Sphaerodactylus nicholsi, p. 113). (in German).
  • 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 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).
Taxon identifiers
Sphaerodactylus nicholsi


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