Sphaerodactylus ariasae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Sphaerodactylus ariasae Hedges & Thomas, 2001: 168

Holotype: USNM 541804 (field number USNMFS 194747), ♀, collected by Richard Thomas and S. Blair Hedges on 2 January 1998.
Type locality: “from a sink hole and cave 2 km SE Punta Beata, Isla Beata, Pedernales Province, Dominican Republic, 17°36.58 N, 71°31.18 W, 5 m elevation”.

Hedges, S.B. & Thomas, R. 2001. At the Lower Size Limit in Amniote Vertebrates: A New Diminutive Lizard from the West Indies. Caribbean Journal of Science 37(3-4): 168–173. Reference page.

Landestoy, M., Inchaustegui, S. & Hedges, B. 2016. IUCN: Sphaerodactylus ariasae (Least Concern) (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T75605318A115485387. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T75605318A75607639.en. Accessed on 15 October 2025.