Sphaerodactylus corticola

Sphaerodactylus corticola, also known commonly as the central Bahamas sphaero or the Rum Cay least gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to the Bahamas.[2]

Sphaerodactylus corticola
Drawing of Sphaerodactylus corticola by E.N. Fischer from Barbour, 1921
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Sphaerodactylidae
Genus:	Sphaerodactylus
Species:	S. corticola
Binomial name
Sphaerodactylus corticola Garman, 1888
Synonyms[2]
Sphaerodactylus corticolus Garman, 1888 Sphaerodactylus corticola — Schwartz, 1968

Reproduction

S. corticola is oviparous.[2]

Subspecies

Four subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[2]

• Sphaerodactylus corticola aporrox Schwartz, 1968
• Sphaerodactylus corticola campter Schwartz, 1968
• Sphaerodactylus corticola corticola Garman, 1888
• Sphaerodactylus corticola soter Schwartz, 1968

References

1. Buckner S, Powell R, Hedges B, Mayer GC (2016). "Sphaerodactylus corticola ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T178586A71747280. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T178586A71747280.en. Downloaded on 27 February 2019.
2. Sphaerodactylus corticola at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.

Further reading

• Garman S (1888). "Reptiles and Batrachians from the Caymans and from the Bahamas. Collected by Prof. C. J. Maynard for the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Cambridge, Mass." Bulletin of the Essex Institute 20: 101–113. (Sphaerodactylus corticolus, new species, p. 111).
• Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha) ". Gekkota 2: 28-153. (Sphaerodactylus corticola, p. 111). (in German).
• Schwartz A (1968). "The Geckos (Sphaerodactylus) of the Southern Bahama Islands". The Annals of the Carnegie Museum 39: 227–271. (Sphaerodactylus corticola aporrox, new subspecies; S. corticola campter, new subspecies; S. corticola soter, new subspecies).
• 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 corticoa, p. 483).
• 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 corticola, pp. 148-149).