Sphaerodactylus williamsi Thomas & Schwartz, 1983
Haitian striped sphaero, Williams' least gecko
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 14 July 1978 (Thomas & Schwartz, 1983)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
This species is only known from the holotype collected in 1978, and all remaining forest at the type locality no longer exists (Mayer et al. 2010). At least two searches (the latest in 1997) have failed to locate any individuals (Ibid.), and the taxon should now be considered possibly extinct.
Distribution
Département de l'Artibonite, Haiti, Hispaniola
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Thomas, R. and Schwartz, A. (1983). Variation in Hispaniolan Sphaerodactylus (Sauria: Gekkonidae), pp. 86-98. In: Rhodin, A. G. J. and Miyata, K. (eds.). Advances in Herpetology and Evolutionary Biology. Essays in Honor of Ernest E. Williams. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Mus. Comp. Zool., Harvard Univ.
Other references:
Hedges, B. 2016. Sphaerodactylus williamsi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T178322A71745096. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T178322A71745096.en. Downloaded on 17 December 2016.
Powell, R., Ottenwalder, J.A. and Inchàustegui, S.J. 1999. The Hispaniolan Herpetofauna: Diversity, Endemism, and Historical Perspectives, with Comments on Navassa Island. In: B.I. Crother (ed.) (ed.), Caribbean Amphibians and Reptiles, Academic Press.
Schwartz, A. and Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. University of Florida Press, Gainesville.
Thomas, R. and A. Schwartz. 1983. Variation in Hispaniolan Sphaerodactylus (Sauria: Gekkonidae), In: A. G. J. Rhodin and K. Miyata (eds.), Advances in Herpetology and Evolutionary Biology. Essays in Honor of Ernest E. Williams. Mus. Comp. Zool., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, Massachusetts, pp. 86-98.
http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/17930/sphaerodactylus-williamsi
http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Sphaerodactylus&species=williamsi