Sphaerodactylus townsendi

Sphaerodactylus townsendi, known commonly as the Townsend's dwarf sphaero or Townsend's least gecko, is a small species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Puerto Rico.[2]

Sphaerodactylus townsendi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Sphaerodactylus
Species:
S. townsendi
Binomial name
Sphaerodactylus townsendi
Grant, 1931
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Sphaerodactylus townsendi
    Grant, 1931
  • Sphaerodactylus nicholsi townsendi
    — Thomas & Schwartz, 1966
  • Sphaerodactylus townsendi
    — Schwartz & Henderson, 1991

Etymology

The specific name, townsendi, is in honor of American zoologist Charles Haskins Townsend.[4]

Habitat

The preferred habitats of S. townsendi are forest and shrubland at altitudes of 0–200 m (0–656 ft), but it may also be found in introduced vegetation.[1]

Reproduction

S. townsendi is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Joglar R, Rodriguez C, Platenberg R (2017). "Sphaerodactylus townsendi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T75605960A75607954. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T75605960A75607954.en. Downloaded on 08 March 2019.
  2. Sphaerodactylus townsendi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. 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 nicholsi townsendi, new combination, pp. 245-247).
  4. 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 townsendi, p. 267).

Further reading
  • Grant C (1931). "The sphaerodactyls of Porto Rico, Culebra and Mona Islands". Journal of the Department of Agriculture of Puerto Rico 15: 199–213. (Sphaerodactylus townsendi, new species, p. 208).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28-153. (Sphaerodactylus townsendi, p. 114). (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 townsendi, p. 542).
  • 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 townsendi, p. 156).


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