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Sphaerodactylus micropithecus  Schwartz, 1977
Taxonomic Serial No.: 174080

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Monito Dwarf Gecko [English]
  
    Monito Gecko [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderGekkota   
                               FamilySphaerodactylidae   
                                  GenusSphaerodactylus Wagler, 1830 – Dwarf Geckos  
                                     SpeciesSphaerodactylus micropithecus Schwartz, 1977 – Monito Dwarf Gecko, Monito Gecko  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Aaron Bauer, Ph.D.  
  Notes: Professor, Gerald M. Lemole Endowed Chair in Integrative Biology   
  Reference for: Sphaerodactylus micropithecus    
       
  Expert: Roy W. McDiarmid  
  Notes: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center   
  Reference for: Sphaerodactylus micropithecus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Sphaerodactylus micropithecus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes  
  Publication Date: 2004   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada, draft (2004)   
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  Notes: As-yet (2004) unpublished manuscript from 1998   
  Reference for: Sphaerodactylus micropithecus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner  
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
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  Notes:    
  Reference for: Sphaerodactylus micropithecus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service  
  Publication Date: 1982   
  Article/Chapter Title: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Listing With Endangered Status and Critical Habitat for the Monito Gecko   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Federal Register, vol. 47, no. 200   
  Page(s): 46090-46093   
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  Notes:    
  Reference for: Sphaerodactylus micropithecus, Monito Gecko [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Caribbean  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Caribbean Territories, Native  
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Banks et al. (2004) note: Endangered throughout range  
    US ESA: Listed Endangered, as published in Federal Register Volume 47, Number 200, Pages 46090 - 46093, October 15, 1982  
 

 

    

 
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