Darlington's least gecko

Darlington's least gecko (Sphaerodactylus darlingtoni) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to the Dominican Republic.[2]

Darlington's least gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Sphaerodactylus
Species:
S. darlingtoni
Binomial name
Sphaerodactylus darlingtoni
Shreve, 1968
Distribution of Sphaerodactylus darlingtoni (known range in red)

Etymology

The specific name, darlingtoni, is in honor of American entomologist Philip Jackson Darlington, Jr.,[3] who collected the holotype.[2]

The subspecific name, noblei, is in honor of American herpetologist Gladwyn Kingsley Noble.[4]

Subspecies

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

  • Sphaerodactylus darlingtoni bobilini Thomas & Schwartz, 1983
  • Sphaerodactylus darlingtoni darlingtoni Shreve, 1968
  • Sphaerodactylus darlingtoni mekistus Thomas & Schwartz, 1983
  • Sphaerodactylus darlingoni noblei Shreve, 1968

Habitat

The preferred habitat of S. darlingtoni is forest at altitudes of 5–1,300 m (16–4,265 ft).[1]

Reproduction

S. darlingtoni is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Landestoy M, Inchaustegui S, Hedges B, Scantlebury D (2016). "Sphaerodactylus darlingtoni (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T75605401A115487256. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T75605401A75607714.en. Downloaded on 28 February 2019.
  2. Sphaerodactylus darlingtoni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
  3. 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 darlingtoni, p. 65).
  4. Shreve, p. 16.

Further reading
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha) ". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Sphaerodactylus darlingtoni, p. 111). (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 darlingtoni, p. 486).
  • 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 darlingtoni, p. 149).
  • Shreve B (1968). "The notatus group of Sphaerodactylus (Sauria, Gekkonidae) in Hispaniola". Breviora (280): 1-28. (Sphaerodactylus darlingtoni, new species, pp. 15–16; S. noblei, new species, pp. 17–19).
  • Thomas R, Schwartz A (1983). "Part 2. Sphaerodactylus savagei, S. cochranae, S. darlingtoni, S. armstrongi, S. streptophorus, and conclusions". pp. 31–60. In: Schwartz A, Thomas R (1983). "The difficilis complex of Sphaerodactylus (Sauria, Gekkonidae) of Hispaniola". Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History (22): 1-60. (Sphaerodactylus darlingtoni bobilini, new subspecies; S. d. mekistus, new subspecies).



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