Sphaerodactylus grandisquamis stibarus, Daza & Pinto & Thomas & Herrera-Martinez & Scantlebury & Padilla García & Balaraman & Perry & Gamble, 2019

Daza, Juan D., Pinto, Brendan J., Thomas, Richard, Herrera-Martinez, Alexandra, Scantlebury, Daniel P., Padilla García, Luis F., Balaraman, Rajesh P., Perry, Gad & Gamble, Tony, 2019, The sprightly little sphaerodactyl: Systematics and biogeography of the Puerto Rican dwarf geckos Sphaerodactylus (Gekkota, Sphaerodactylidae), Zootaxa 4712 (2), pp. 151-201 : 172

Sphaerodactylus grandisquamis stibarus comb. nov. Thomas & Schwartz, 1966

Figures 24–25

Holotype — MCZ R-81022

Type locality: “ Isla Piñeros, Puerto Rico.”

Diagnosis: SVL Min/Max (13.34/ 29.44 mm); midbody scales 36–41 (x̅ = 38.6); snout scales rounded; five loreal scales; eight toe lamellae on the fourth toe; males with faint lineated head pattern; males with two light lines extending from the orbits to the scapular patch, scapular patch surrounded by white margin, and patch can also have brown color; the ocelli are large in proportion to the scapular patch and are more separated than in any other member of the S. macrolepis species complex (Padilla 2016); males with anterior dorsolateral lines not contacting the scapular patch; males with marked throat pattern.

Color in life ( Fig. 24 ): Female: ground gray with dark brown or black scales, head and tail orange to light brown, head pattern well defined, medial lines poorly defined and forming a blotch, ocelli color white. Male ground color is light brown, scattered brown scales, salt and pepper, head and tail orange. Iris color dark gray, or golden.

Distribution: Known only from the type locality.

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FIGURE 24. Live specimens of Sphaerodactylus g. stibarus from Isla Piñeros, Puerto Rico (A, female and B, male).

FIGURE 25. Adult specimens of Sphaerodactylus g. stibarus from Isla Piñeros, Puerto Rico.A–B, Female (SHSUHerp000917), C–D male (SHSUHerp000918).