Sphaerodactylus verdeluzicola

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 Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Sphaerodactylus
Species: Sphaerodactylus verdeluzicola

Name

Sphaerodactylus verdeluzicola Díaz-Lameiro, Villamil, Gamble, Pinto, Herrera-Martínez, Thomas, Bernstein, Titus-McQuillan, Nielsen, Agosto-Torres, Puente-Rolón, Bird-Picó, Oleksyk, Martínez-Cruzado & Daza, 2022: 452

• Holotype: MPM-RA34016, adult ♂, collected by authors on 30 June 2016.
• Type locality: “Puerto Rico, Rincón, Playa Domes, near the former Boiling Nuclear Superheater Reactor Facility, now Museo Tecnológico Dr. Modesto Iriarte, on the foothills of the mountain behind Road 4413 (18.3638808, –67.2679138) in Barrio Puntas, elevation of 9.4 m.a.s.l.”

References

Primary references

• Díaz-Lameiro, A.M., Villamil, C.I., Gamble, T., Pinto, B.J., Herrera-Martínez, A., Thomas, R., Bernstein, J.M., Titus-McQuillan, J.E., Nielsen, S.V., Agosto-Torres, E., Puente-Rolón, A.R., Bird-Picó, F.J., Oleksyk, T.K., Martínez-Cruzado, J.C. & Daza, J.D. 2022. A New Species of Sphaerodactylus (Gekkota: Sphaerodactylidae) from the Northwest Limestone Region of Puerto Rico. Ichthyology & Herpetology 110(3): 449–465. DOI: 10.1643/h2020123 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Sphaerodactylus verdeluzicola. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 21 April 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Puerto Rican Karst Gecko
español: Salamanquita de Monte y Mar