Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - House gecko ORDER - SAURIA FAMILY - Gekkonidae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Sphaerodactylus glaucus SYNONYMS - Sphaerodactylus glaucus, Cope 1865 and Sphaerodactylus glaucus glaucus, Cope REFERENCES - 4 and 1 District Reference Toledo, Belize 1 Corozal, Belize 2 Orange Walk, Belize 2 Belize, Belize 2 Cayo, Belize 2 Stann Creek, Belize 1 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Private land, see comments Private land, see comments Collected as voucher Dry season 1 Government land 2 Shipstern Nature Reserve 2 Freshwater Creek Forest Reserve 2 Rio Bravo Conservation Area 2 Altun Ha Archaeological Reserve 2 Caye Caulker 2 Mussel Creek Drainage (Proposed) 2 Monkey Bay Wildlife Sanctuary (Privat 2 Xunantunich Archaeological Reserve 2 Manatee Forest Reserve 2 Caracol Archaeological Reserve 2 Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve 2 Columbia River Forest Reserve 2 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 2 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 2 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 00' to 88 15' 2 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 15' to 88 30' 2 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 10' to 88 30' 2 17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 2 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 2 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 2 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 30' 2 16 45' to 17 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 2 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 2 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 00' to 88 15' 2 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 2 16 15' to 16 30'; 89 00' to 89 15' 2 16 15' to 16 30'; 88 45' to 89 00' 2 18 00' to 18 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 1 15 50' to 16 00'; 88 50' to 89 15' 2 18 00' to 18 15'; 88 15' to 88 30' 2 17 45' to 18 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 2 General Distribution Comments 3 * Gracy Rock References 1 Matola, S., 1990. The Dolores Expedition, January 27 - February 3, 1990. Unpublished report. 2 Meerman, J., 1994. Summary of Herpetofauna Distributions in Belize. Report to National Protected Areas Management Project. 3 Neill, W.T. and R. Allen. 1962. Reptiles of the Cambridge expedition to Brithish Honduras 1959-1960. Herpetologica 18(2):79-90. 4 Lee, Julian C. 1996. The Amphibians and Reptiles of the Yucatán Peninsula. Comstock Publishing Associates. Ithaca, New York.
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01/19/98