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Ashy Gecko
Sphaerodactylus elegans MacLeay, 1834

Current SSAR 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).

Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
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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.);

Taxon Links:

  
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
  
The Reptile Database
  
NatureServe
  
iNaturalist
  
GenBank
  
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Pertinent LIterature:
1834 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
1922 Stejneger, Leonard. Two geckos new to the fauna of the United States. Copeia 1922():56
1983 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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