Vincent's least gecko

Vincent's least gecko
1921 illustration of specimen from Saint Vincent
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Sphaerodactylidae
Genus:Sphaerodactylus
Species: S. vincenti
Binomial name
Sphaerodactylus vincenti
Boulenger, 1891

Vincent's least gecko (Sphaerodactylus vincenti ) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to the Caribbean.

Geographic range

S. vincenti is found on the islands of Dominica, Martinique, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent.[1]

Etymology

The specific name, vincenti, refers to the island of Saint Vincent.[2]

Subspecies

Including the nominotypical subspecies, nine subspecies are recognized as being valid.[3]

  • Sphaerodactylus vincenti adamas Schwartz, 1964
  • Sphaerodactylus vincenti diamesus Schwartz, 1964
  • Sphaerodactylus vincenti festus Barbour, 1915
  • Sphaerodactylus vincenti josephinae Schwartz, 1964
  • Sphaerodactylus vincenti monilifer Barbour, 1921
  • Sphaerodactylus vincenti pheristus Schwartz, 1964
  • Sphaerodactylus vincenti psammius Schwartz, 1964
  • Sphaerodactylus vincenti ronaldi Schwartz, 1964
  • Sphaerodactylus vincenti vincenti Boulenger, 1891

References

  1. ↑ "Sphaerodactylus vincenti ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ↑ 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 vincenti, p. 275).
  3. ↑ "Sphaerodactylus vincenti ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1891). "On Reptiles, Batrachians, and Fishes from the Lesser West Indies". Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1891: 351-357. (Sphærodactylus vincenti, new species, p. 354).
  • Malhotra, Anita; Thorpe, Roger S. (1999). Reptiles & Amphibians of the Eastern Caribbean. Macmillan Education Ltd. pp. 46–47, 101, 91, 93. ISBN 0-333-69141-5.
  • 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 vincenti, pp. 163–164).


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