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.[2]
| Sphaerodactylus nicholsi | |
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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. nicholsi
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| Binomial name | |
| Sphaerodactylus nicholsi Grant, 1931
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Etymology
editThe specific name, nicholsi, is in honor of American ichthyologist John Treadwell Nichols.[3]
Habitat
editThe preferred habitats of S. nicholsi are forest, shrubland, and marine intertidal, but it may also be found in introduced vegetation.[1]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b Sphaerodactylus nicholsi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
- ^ 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
edit- 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).