Sphaerodactylus corticola, also known commonly as the central Bahamas sphaero or the Rum Cay least gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to the Bahamas.[2]
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| Drawing of Sphaerodactylus corticola by E.N. Fischer from Barbour, 1921 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Sphaerodactylidae |
| Genus: | Sphaerodactylus |
| Species: | S. corticola
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| Sphaerodactylus corticola Garman, 1888
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Reproduction
editSubspecies
editFour subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[2]
- Sphaerodactylus corticola aporrox Schwartz, 1968
- Sphaerodactylus corticola campter Schwartz, 1968
- Sphaerodactylus corticola corticola Garman, 1888
- Sphaerodactylus corticola soter Schwartz, 1968
References
edit- ^ Buckner, S.; Powell, R.; Hedges, B.; Mayer, G.C. (2016). "Sphaerodactylus corticola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T178586A71747280. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T178586A71747280.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Sphaerodactylus corticola at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
Further reading
edit- Garman S (1888). "Reptiles and Batrachians from the Caymans and from the Bahamas. Collected by Prof. C. J. Maynard for the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Cambridge, Mass." Bulletin of the Essex Institute 20: 101–113. (Sphaerodactylus corticolus, new species, p. 111).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha) ". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Sphaerodactylus corticola, p. 111). (in German).
- Schwartz A (1968). "The Geckos (Sphaerodactylus) of the Southern Bahama Islands". The Annals of the Carnegie Museum 39: 227–271. (Sphaerodactylus corticola aporrox, new subspecies; S. corticola campter, new subspecies; S. corticola soter, new subspecies).
- 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 corticoa, p. 483).
- 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 corticola, pp. 148–149).