Sphaerodactylus elegans
MacLeay, 1834
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
Native to Cuba and Hispaniola. it was introduced via cargo during the 1920s and is established on Key West, Monroe County, Florida (Stejneger, 1922, Copeia 1922: 56) and has since been found throughout the Keys north to Miami-Dade and Broward counties (Wilson and Porras, 1983, University of Kansas Special Publication: 1–89; Alfonso and Krysko, 2019, Sphaerodactylus elegans. Pages 346–348 in Krysko et al. (Editors) Amphibians and Reptiles of Florida. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida). The English name Ashy Geckolet is used by Hedges et al. (2019, Caribbean Herpetology (67): 1–53).
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Province/State Distribution:
USA: Florida
First instance(s) of published English names:
Ashy Gecko (Sphaerodactylus cinereus: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.); Ashy Geckolet (Sphaerodactylus elegans: Hedges, S. Blair, Robert Powell, Robert W. Henderson, Sarah Hanson, and John C. Murphy. 2019. Definition of the Caribbean Islands biogeographic region, with checklist
and recommendations for standardized common names of amphibians and
reptiles. Caribbean Herpetology (67):1–53);
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
The Reptile Database
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Selected References:
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1834
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MacLeay, William S. A few remarks tending to illustrate the natural history of two annulose genera, namely Urania of Fabricus and Mygale of Walekenien. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1834(2):9-12
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1922
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Stejneger, Leonhard H. Two geckos new to the fauna of the United States. Copeia 1922:56
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1973
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Schwartz, Albert Sphaerodactylus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (142):1-2
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1983
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Wilson, Larry D. and Louis Porras. The ecological impact of man on the South Florida herpetofauna. University of Kansas Special Publication (9):1-89
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2019
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Hedges, S. Blair, Robert Powell, Robert W. Henderson, Sarah Hanson, and John C. Murphy. Definition of the Caribbean Islands biogeographic region, with checklist
and recommendations for standardized common names of amphibians and
reptiles. Caribbean Herpetology (67):1–53
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