A new Hispaniolan gecko

Abstract

Recent collecting in Haiti yielded a single specimen of an undescribed species of Sphaerodactylus from the western part of the Massif de la Hotte on the Tiburon Peninsula. I wish to express my appreciation to Dr. Albert Schwartz, who sponsored my collecting in Haiti (February to April of 1966), which resulted in the discovery of this new species. The abbreviation MCZ denotes the Museum of Comparative Zoology, and ASFS denotes the Albert Schwartz Field Series. In reference to its most salient distinguishing character, this new gecko may be known as Sphaerodactylus elasmo­rhynchus.