Sphaerodactylus plummeri
| Sphaerodactylus plummeri | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Infraorder: | Gekkota |
| Family: | Sphaerodactylidae |
| Genus: | Sphaerodactylus |
| Species: | S. plummeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Sphaerodactylus plummeri Thomas & Hedges, 1992 | |
Sphaerodactylus plummeri is a species of Sphaerodactylus, a very small gecko found in the Dominican Republic. It was first described in 1992 and named after one of the collectors.
Etymology
The specific name, plummeri, is in honor of American herpetologist Michael V. Plummer (born 1945).[1]
References
- ↑ Beolens, Bo, Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Sphaerodactylus plummeri, p. 208).
Further reading
- Thomas, Richard, and S. Blair Hedges (1998). "A new gecko from the Sierra de Neiba of Hispaniola (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Sphaerodactylus)". Herpetologica 54 (3): 333-336.
- Thomas, R., and S.B. Hedges (1992). "An unusual new Sphaerodactylus from Hispaniola (Squamata, Gekkonidae)". Journal of Herpetology 26: 289-292. (Sphaerodactylus plummeri, new species).
- Rösler, H. (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28-153. (in German).
- Atlas de la terrariophile Vol. 3: les lézards. Animalia Éditions, 2003. ISBN 2-9517895-2-1. (in French).
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