Sphaerodactylus parvus

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 parvus

Name

Sphaerodactylus parvus King, 1962: 16

• Holotype: UF 10034.1, adult ♂, collected by Wayne King on 16 July 1956.
• Type locality: “on the island of St. Martin, 2-½ miles west, ¼ mile north of Philipsburg”.

Combinations

• Sphaerodactylus macrolepis parvus King, 1962: 16 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Sphaerodactylus parvus — Powell & Henderson, 1991: 288 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

References

Primary references

• King, W. 1962. Systematics of Lesser Antillean lizards of the genus Sphaerodactylus. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 7: 1–52. Full article
• Powell, R. & Henderson, R.W. 2001. On the Taxonomic Status of Some Lesser Antillean Lizards. Caribbean Journal of Science 37(3-4): 288–290.

Additional references

• Daza, J.D., Pinto, B.J., Thomas, R., Herrera-Martínez, A., Scantlebury, Padilla García, L.F., Balaraman, R.P., Perry, G. & Gamble, T. 2019. The sprightly little sphaerodactyl: Systematics and biogeography of the Puerto Rican dwarf geckos Sphaerodactylus (Gekkota, Sphaerodactylidae). Zootaxa 4712(2): 151–201. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4712.2.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Sphaerodactylus parvus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 December 2019.
• Daltry, J.C., Henderson, R.W. & Powell, R. 2019. IUCN: Sphaerodactylus parvus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T75605618A75607859. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T75605618A75607859.en

Vernacular names

English: Anguilla Bank Geckolet