Sphaerodactylus beattyi

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.

Sphaerodactylus beattyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Sphaerodactylus
Species:
S. beattyi
Binomial name
Sphaerodactylus beattyi
Grant, 1937

Etymology

The 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

The preferred habitats of S. beattyi are shrubland and forest at altitudes of 0–150 m (0–492 ft).[1]

Reproduction

S. beattyi is oviparous.[2]

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[2]

  • Sphaerodactylus beattyi beattyi Grant, 1937
  • Sphaerodactylus beattyi seamani Thomas & Schwartz, 1966

References
  1. 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.
  2. Sphaerodactylus beattyi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
  3. "Sphaerodactylus beattyi Grant, 1937". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  4. 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).
  5. Thomas & Schwartz (1966). p. 196.

Further reading
  • 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).



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