Species details

Accepted scientific name:

Sphaerodactylus parthenopion THOMAS 1965 (accepted name)

Synonyms:

–

Common name:

Virgin Gorda Least Gecko

Classification:

Animalia

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Phylum Chordata

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Class Reptilia

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Order Squamata

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Family Gekkonidae

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Genus Sphaerodactylus

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Distribution:

British Virgin Islands (Gorda), Cocos Island, Puerto Rico Terra typica: Hillside above Pond Bay, Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands.

Additional data:

Holotype: MCZ 77211. For illustrations see Thomas, 1965; Thomas and Schwartz, 1966; MacLean, 1982. One of the smallest reptiles with a total maximal length of 32 mm.

Source database:

TIGR Reptile Database , Oct 2007

Latest taxonomic scrutiny:

Uetz P.

Online resource:

http://www.tigr.org/...


CoL taxon LSID:

urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:f01679f0-29c1-102b-9a4a-00304854f820:ac2008


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