Sphaerodactylus beattyi, also known commonly as the Saint Croix's sphaero, Beatty's least gecko,[2] and the cotton ginner gecko,[3] is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands.[2] There are two recognized subspecies.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Sphaerodactylidae |
| Genus: | Sphaerodactylus |
| Species: | S. beattyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Sphaerodactylus beattyi Grant, 1937
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Etymology
editThe specific name, beattyi, is in honor of Crucian naturalist Harry Andrew Beatty (1902–1989).[4]
The subspecific name, seamani, is in honor of Crucian George A. Seaman.[5]
Habitat
editThe preferred habitats of S. beattyi are shrubland and forest at altitudes of 0–150 m (0–492 ft).[1]
Reproduction
editSubspecies
editTwo subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Platenberg R, Angeli N (2016). "Sphaerodactylus beattyi (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T75605335A115485806. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T75605335A75607654.en. Downloaded on 26 February 2019.
- ^ a b c d Sphaerodactylus beattyi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
- ^ "Sphaerodactylus beattyi Grant, 1937". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Sphaerodactylus beattyi, p. 20).
- ^ Thomas & Schwartz (1966). p. 196.
Further reading
edit- Grant C (1937). "Herpetological Notes with New Species from the American and British Virgin Islands, 1936". Journal of the Department of Agriculture of Puerto Rico 21: 503–522. (Sphaerodactylus beattyi, new species, p. 508).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha) ". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Sphaerodactylus beattyi, p. 110). (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 beattyi, p. 471).
- 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 beattyi, p. 145).
- Thomas R, Schwartz A (1966). "Sphaerodactylus (Gekkonidae) in the Greater Puerto Rico Region". Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 10 (6): 193–260. (Sphaerodactylus beattyi seamani, new subspecies, pp. 251–253, Figure 10).