Sphaerodactylus
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Sphaerodactylus is a genus of geckos from the Americas [2] that are distinguished from other Gekkota by their small size, by their round, rather than vertical, eye pupils, and by each digit terminating in a single, round adhesive pad or scale, from which their name (Sphaero = round, dactylus = finger) is derived. All species in this genus are rather small, but two species, S. ariasae and S. parthenopion, are tiny, and – with a snout-vent length of about 1.6 cm (0.63 in)—the smallest reptiles in the world.[3]
Species
The following 105 species are recognized as being valid.[4]
- Sphaerodactylus alphus McCranie & Hedges, 2013
- Sphaerodactylus altavelensis Noble, 1933
- Sphaerodactylus argivus Garman, 1888
- Sphaerodactylus argus Gosse, 1850
- Sphaerodactylus ariasae Hedges & Thomas, 2001
- Sphaerodactylus armasi Schwartz & Garrido, 1974
- Sphaerodactylus armstrongi Noble, 1933
- Sphaerodactylus asterulus Schwartz & Graham, 1980
- Sphaerodactylus beattyi Grant, 1937
- Sphaerodactylus becki Schmidt, 1919
- Sphaerodactylus bromeliarum G. Peters & Schwartz, 1977
- Sphaerodactylus caicosensis Cochran, 1934
- Sphaerodactylus callocricus Schwartz, 1976
- Sphaerodactylus celicara Garrido & Schwartz, 1982
- Sphaerodactylus cinereus Wagler, 1830
- Sphaerodactylus clenchi Shreve, 1968
- Sphaerodactylus cochranae Ruibal, 1946
- Sphaerodactylus continentalis F. Werner, 1896
- Sphaerodactylus copei Steindachner, 1867
- Sphaerodactylus corticola Garman, 1888
- Sphaerodactylus cricoderus Thomas, Hedges & Garrido, 1992
- Sphaerodactylus cryphius Thomas & Schwartz, 1977
- Sphaerodactylus dacnicolor Barbour, 1910
- Sphaerodactylus darlingtoni Shreve, 1968
- Sphaerodactylus difficilis Barbour, 1914
- Sphaerodactylus dimorphicus Fong & Díaz, 2004
- Sphaerodactylus docimus Schwartz & Garrido, 1985
- Sphaerodactylus dunni Schmidt, 1936
- Sphaerodactylus elasmorhynchus Thomas, 1966
- Sphaerodactylus elegans Macleay, 1834
- Sphaerodactylus elegantulus Barbour, 1917
- Sphaerodactylus epiurus Thomas & Hedges, 1993
- Sphaerodactylus exsul Barbour, 1914
- Sphaerodactylus fantasticus A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1836
- Sphaerodactylus gaigeae Grant, 1932
- Sphaerodactylus gilvitorques Cope, 1862
- Sphaerodactylus glaucus Cope, 1866
- Sphaerodactylus goniorhynchus Cope, 1895
- Sphaerodactylus graptolaemus Harris & Kluge, 1984
- Sphaerodactylus guanajae McCranie & Hedges, 2012
- Sphaerodactylus heliconiae Harris, 1982
- Sphaerodactylus homolepis Cope, 1886
- Sphaerodactylus inaguae Noble & Klingel, 1932
- Sphaerodactylus intermedius Barbour & Ramsden, 1919
- Sphaerodactylus kirbyi Lazell, 1994
- Sphaerodactylus klauberi Grant, 1931
- Sphaerodactylus ladae Thomas & Hedges, 1988
- Sphaerodactylus lazelli Shreve, 1968
- Sphaerodactylus leonardovaldesi McCranie & Hedges, 2012
- Sphaerodactylus leucaster Schwartz, 1973
- Sphaerodactylus levinsi Heatwole, 1968
- Sphaerodactylus lineolatus Lichtenstein & von Martens, 1856
- Sphaerodactylus macrolepis Günther, 1859
- Sphaerodactylus mariguanae Cochran, 1934
- Sphaerodactylus microlepis J.T. Reinhardt & Lütken, 1862
- Sphaerodactylus micropithecus Schwartz, 1977
- Sphaerodactylus millepunctatus Hallowell, 1861
- Sphaerodactylus molei Boettger, 1894
- Sphaerodactylus monensis Meerwarth, 1901
- Sphaerodactylus nicholsi Grant, 1931
- Sphaerodactylus nigropunctatus Gray, 1845
- Sphaerodactylus notatus Baird, 1859
- Sphaerodactylus nycteropus Thomas & Schwartz, 1977
- Sphaerodactylus ocoae Schwartz & Thomas, 1977
- Sphaerodactylus oliveri Grant, 1944
- Sphaerodactylus omoglaux Thomas, 1982
- Sphaerodactylus oxyrhinus Gosse, 1850
- Sphaerodactylus pacificus Stejneger, 1903
- Sphaerodactylus parkeri (Grant, 1939)
- Sphaerodactylus parthenopion Thomas, 1965
- Sphaerodactylus parvus King, 1962
- Sphaerodactylus perissodactylius Thomas & Hedges, 1988
- Sphaerodactylus phyzacinus Thomas, 1964
- Sphaerodactylus pimienta Thomas, Hedges & Garrido, 1998
- Sphaerodactylus plummeri Thomas & Hedges, 1992
- Sphaerodactylus poindexteri McCranie & Hedges, 2013
- Sphaerodactylus ramsdeni Ruibal, 1959
- Sphaerodactylus randi Shreve, 1968
- Sphaerodactylus rhabdotus Schwartz, 1970
- Sphaerodactylus richardi Hedges & Garrido, 1993
- Sphaerodactylus richardsonii Gray, 1845
- Sphaerodactylus roosevelti Grant, 1931
- Sphaerodactylus rosaurae Parker, 1940
- Sphaerodactylus ruibali Grant, 1959
- Sphaerodactylus sabanus Cochran, 1938
- Sphaerodactylus samanensis Cochran, 1932
- Sphaerodactylus savagei Shreve, 1968
- Sphaerodactylus scaber Barbour & Ramsden, 1919
- Sphaerodactylus scapularis Boulenger, 1902
- Sphaerodactylus schuberti Thomas & Hedges, 1998
- Sphaerodactylus schwartzi Thomas, Hedges & Garrido, 1992
- Sphaerodactylus semasiops Thomas, 1975
- Sphaerodactylus shrevei Lazell, 1961
- Sphaerodactylus siboney Fong & Diaz, 2004
- Sphaerodactylus sommeri Graham, 1981
- Sphaerodactylus sputator (Sparrman, 1784)
- Sphaerodactylus storeyae Grant, 1944
- Sphaerodactylus streptophorus Thomas & Schwartz, 1977
- Sphaerodactylus thompsoni Schwartz & Franz, 1976
- Sphaerodactylus torrei Barbour, 1914
- Sphaerodactylus townsendi Grant, 1931
- Sphaerodactylus underwoodi Schwartz, 1968
- Sphaerodactylus vincenti Boulenger, 1891
- Sphaerodactylus williamsi Thomas & Schwartz, 1983
- Sphaerodactylus zygaena Schwartz & Thomas, 1977
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Sphaerodactylus.
References
- ^ ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
- ^ Gamble T, AM Bauer, GR Colli, E Greenbaum, TR Jackman, LJ Vitt, AM Simons. 2011. Coming to America: Multiple Origins of New World Geckos. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 24: 231–244.
- ^ Pennsylvania State University (2001). World's Smallest Lizard Discovered in the Caribbean. Accessed 26 January 2009.
- ^ "Sphaerodactylus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
External links
Further reading
- Schwartz, Albert, and Richard Thomas. 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, pp. 142–164).
- Wagler J. 1830. Natürliches System der AMPHIBIEN, mit vorangehender Classification der SÄUGTHIERE und VÖGEL. Ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Zoologie. Munich, Stuttgart and Tübingen: J.G. Cotta. vi + 354 pp. + one plate. (Sphaerodactylus, new genus, p. 143). (in German and Latin).
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