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Distribution

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Continent: Caribbean
Distribution: Dominican Republic (Barahona, Azua, Pico Diego de Ocampo, summit dome, between Puerta Plata and Santiago, Prov. Santiago, Sierra de Neiba, Province Duarte), Hispaniola. Sphaerodactylus darlingtoni darlingtoni: RepÃºblica Dominicana, western Cordillera Septentrional.
Type locality: Mt. Diego de Ocampo, summit dome, ca. 4000 feet, between Puerto Plata and Santiago, Dominican Republic Sphaerodactylus darlingtoni bobilini (HOLOTYPE USNM 194045): RepÃºblica Dominicana, Sierra Martin Garcia. Sphaerodactylus darlingtoni mekistus (HOLOTYPE USNM 194046): RepÃºblica Dominicana, Sierra de Neiba. Sphaerodactylus darlingtoni noblei (HOLOTYPE AMNH 45216): northeastern RepÃºblica Dominicana, southeast to Hato Mayor and La Romana provinces.

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Darlington's least gecko

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Darlington's least gecko (Sphaerodactylus darlingtoni) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to the Dominican Republic.^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, darlingtoni, is in honor of American entomologist Philip Jackson Darlington, Jr.,^[3] who collected the holotype.^[2]

The subspecific name, noblei, is in honor of American herpetologist Gladwyn Kingsley Noble.^[4]

Subspecies

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

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).^[1]

Reproduction

S. darlingtoni is oviparous.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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.

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