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Issue: Vol. 3492 No. 1: 20 Sep. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-09-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3492.1.4
Page range: 65–76
Abstract views: 70
PDF downloaded: 1

Two new species of geckos from Honduras and resurrection of Sphaerodactylus continentalis Werner from the synonymy of Sphaerodactylus millepunctatus Hallowell (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonoidea, Sphaerodactylidae)

10770 SW 164th Street, Miami, Florida 33157-2933, USA
Department of Biology, 208 Mueller Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802-5301, USA
Reptilia Sphaerodactylus millepunctatus complex Honduras Sphaerodactylus leonardovaldesi sp. nov. Sphaerodactylus guanajae sp. nov. morphology mtDNA 12S cytochrome b

Abstract

We performed a morphological and molecular study on various Honduran populations of the Sphaerodactylusmillepunctatus complex. As a result, we resurrect S. continentalis from the synonymy of S. millepunctatus and describetwo new species from the Islas de la Bahía. Our results also suggest the possibility that other cryptic species might occur in our concept of S. continentalis.

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