Sphaerodactylus nicholsi

Sphaerodactylus nicholsi, also known commonly as Nichols least gecko, Nichol's 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
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Sphaerodactylus
Species:
S. nicholsi
Binomial name
Sphaerodactylus nicholsi
Grant, 1931

Etymology

The specific name, nicholsi, is in honor of American ichthyologist John Treadwell Nichols.[3]

Habitat

The preferred habitats of S. nicholsi are forest, shrubland, and marine intertidal, but it may also be found in introduced vegetation.[1]

Reproduction

Sphaerodactylus nicholsi is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. Rodriguez C, Hedges B, Powell R, Joglar R (2016). "Sphaerodactylus nicholsi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T178301A71744715. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T178301A71744715.en. Downloaded on 04 March 2019.
  2. Sphaerodactylus nicholsi 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 nicholsi, p. 190).

Further reading

  • 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).


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