Nichol's dwarf sphaero articles - Encyclopedia of Life

Distribution

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Continent: Caribbean
Distribution: Puerto Rico, Mona Island, Isla Cueva and Isla Guayacan [HR 30: 111]
Type locality: 3 mi. W Ensenada, Puerto Rico.

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Sphaerodactylus nicholsi, also known commonly as Nichols least gecko, Nichol's 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]

The specific name, nicholsi, is in honor of American ichthyologist John Treadwell Nichols.^[3]

The preferred habitats of S. nicholsi are forest, shrubland, and marine intertidal, but it may also be found in introduced vegetation.^[1]

Sphaerodactylus nicholsi is oviparous.^[2]

^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b Sphaerodactylus nicholsi 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 nicholsi, p. 190).

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Sphaerodactylus nicholsi, also known commonly as Nichols least gecko, Nichol's dwarf sphaero or the Puerto Rican crescent sphaero, is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae . The species is endemic to Puerto Rico.