Sphaerodactylus nicholsi

Sphaerodactylus nicholsi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Gekkota
Family:	Sphaerodactylidae
Genus:	Sphaerodactylus
Species:	S. nicholsi
Binomial name
Sphaerodactylus nicholsi Grant, 1931

Sphaerodactylus nicholsi, also known commonly as Nichols least gecko, Nichols 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]

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". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T178301A71744715. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T178301A71744715.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
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 Rico15: 199–213. (Sphaerodactylus nicholsi, new species, p. 204).
• Rösler (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota2: 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).