Sphaerodactylus elegans

Sphaerodactylus elegans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Sphaerodactylus
Species: Sphaerodactylus elegans
Subspecies (2): S. e. elegans – S. e. punctatissimus

Name

Sphaerodactylus elegans Macleay, 1834

• Type material: unknown.
• Type locality: “Cuba”.

Combinations

• Sphaeriodactylus [sic] elegans Macleay, 1834: 12 [original spelling]

References

Primary references

• Macleay, W.S. 1834. A few remarks tending to illustrate the natural history of two annulose genera, namely Urania of Fabricus and Mygale of Walekenien. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1834: 9–12. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Sphaerodactylus elegans. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 March 2020.
• Hedges, B. & Fong, A. 2017. IUCN: Sphaerodactylus elegans  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T75605419A75607734. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T75605419A75607734.en

Vernacular names

English: Ashy Least Gecko