Sphaerodactylus richardi
Sphaerodactylus richardi, also known commonly as Richard's banded sphaero or the Zapata big-scaled sphaero, is a small species of gecko, a lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Cuba.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Sphaerodactylidae |
| Genus: | Sphaerodactylus |
| Species: | S. richardi |
| Binomial name | |
| Sphaerodactylus richardi | |
Etymology
The specific name, richardi, is in honor of American herpetologist Richard Thomas.[3]
Taxonomy
Sphaerodactylus richardi belongs to the scaber group. Other species in the group are S. oliveri, S. scaber, and S. storeyae.[4]
Description
Sphaerodactylus richardi may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 31.1 mm (1.22 in). It has large non-overlapping dorsal scales, except for a zone of mid-dorsal granular scales which is three scales wide. Adults have a dorsal color pattern of 5-6 bold dark crossbands on the body.[4]
Habitat
The preferred habitats of S. richardi are forest, shrubland, and marine intertidal.[1]
References
- Fong, A. (2017). "Sphaerodactylus richardi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T178451A71746324. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T178451A71746324.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- Sphaerodactylus richardi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Sphaerodactylus richardi, p. 221).
- Hedges & Garrido (1993).
Further reading
- Hedges SB, Garrido OH (1993). "A New Species of Gecko (Sphaerodactylus) from Central Cuba". Journal of Herpetology 27 (3): 300–306. (Sphaerodatylus richardi, new species). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Sphaerodactylus richardi, p. 114). (in German).