| Darlington's least gecko | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Sphaerodactylidae |
| Genus: | Sphaerodactylus |
| Species: | S. darlingtoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Sphaerodactylus darlingtoni Shreve, 1968 | |
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| Distribution of Sphaerodactylus darlingtoni (known range in red) | |
Darlington's least gecko (Sphaerodactylus darlingtoni) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to the Dominican Republic.
Etymology
The specific name, darlingtoni, is in honor of American entomologist Philip Jackson Darlington, Jr., who collected the holotype.
The subspecific name, noblei, is in honor of American herpetologist Gladwyn Kingsley Noble.
Subspecies
Four subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.
- Sphaerodactylus darlingtoni bobilini Thomas & Schwartz, 1983
- Sphaerodactylus darlingtoni darlingtoni Shreve, 1968
- Sphaerodactylus darlingtoni mekistus Thomas & Schwartz, 1983
- Sphaerodactylus darlingoni noblei Shreve, 1968
Habitat
The preferred habitat of S. darlingtoni is forest at altitudes of 5–1,300 m (16–4,265 ft).
Reproduction
S. darlingtoni is oviparous.
References
- ^ Landestoy M, Inchaustegui S, Hedges B, Scantlebury D (2016). "Sphaerodactylus darlingtoni (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T75605401A115487256. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T75605401A75607714.en. Downloaded on 28 February 2019.
- ^ Sphaerodactylus darlingtoni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
- 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 darlingtoni, p. 65).
- Shreve, p. 16.
Further reading
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha) ". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Sphaerodactylus darlingtoni, p. 111). (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 darlingtoni, p. 486).
- 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 darlingtoni, p. 149).
- Shreve B (1968). "The notatus group of Sphaerodactylus (Sauria, Gekkonidae) in Hispaniola". Breviora (280): 1-28. (Sphaerodactylus darlingtoni, new species, pp. 15–16; S. noblei, new species, pp. 17–19).
- Thomas R, Schwartz A (1983). "Part 2. Sphaerodactylus savagei, S. cochranae, S. darlingtoni, S. armstrongi, S. streptophorus, and conclusions". pp. 31–60. In: Schwartz A, Thomas R (1983). "The difficilis complex of Sphaerodactylus (Sauria, Gekkonidae) of Hispaniola". Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History (22): 1-60. (Sphaerodactylus darlingtoni bobilini, new subspecies; S. d. mekistus, new subspecies).
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| Sphaerodactylus darlingtoni | |
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