Check List 10(1): 205-206, doi: 10.15560/10.1.205
Range extension of the least gecko, Sphaerodactylus glaucus Cope, 1865 (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) in Oaxaca, Mexico
Jesús García-Grajáles‡,
Alejandra Buenrostro-Silva‡,
Vicente Mata-Silva§‡ Universidad del Mar, Campus Puerto Escondido, Mexico§ The University of Texas at El Paso, United States of America
Corresponding author:
Jesús García-Grajáles
(
archosaurio@yahoo.com.mx
)
© 2017 Jesús García-Grajáles, Alejandra Buenrostro-Silva, Vicente Mata-Silva. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Citation:
García-Grajales J, Buenrostro-Silva A, Mata-Silva V (2014) Range extension of the least gecko, Sphaerodactylus glaucus Cope, 1865 (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) in Oaxaca, Mexico. Check List 10(1): 205-206. https://doi.org/10.15560/10.1.205 |  |
Abstract
An adult Collared Dwarf Gecko, Sphaerodactylus glaucus, was found in Parque Nacional Lagunas de Chacahua, Cerro Hermoso, municipality of San Pedro Tututepec, Oaxaca, Mexico, at an elevation of 72 m. This specimen represents a new municipality record and the westernmost distribution of the species on the Pacific Coast of Mexico.
Keywords
Reptilia; Squamata; Sphaerodactylidae; Mexico; Oaxaca; new record