Sphaerodactylus nicholsi, also known commonly as Nichol's dwarf sphaero, Nichols least gecko, and the Puerto Rican crescent geckolet, is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae . The species is endemic to Puerto Rico.
Etymology The specific name, nicholsi, is in honor of American ichthyologist John Treadwell Nichols.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Sphaerodactylus nicholsi, p. 190).
Habitat The preferred natural habitats of Sphaerodactylus nicholsi are forest, shrubland, and marine intertidal, at elevations from sea level to , but it may also be found in introduced vegetation.
Behavior Sphaerodactylus nicholsi is terrestrial and diurnal.
Reproduction Sphaerodactylus nicholsi is oviparous.
References
Further reading Grant C (1931). "The sphaerodactyls of Porto Rico, Culebra and Mona Islands". Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Porto Rico 15: 199–213. (Sphaerodactylus nicholsi, new species, p. 204). Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Sphaerodactylus nicholsi, p. 113). (in German). Schwartz A, Henderson RW (1991). Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press. 720 pp. . (Sphaerodactylus nicholsi, p. 511). Schwartz A, Thomas R (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Sphaerodactylus nicholsi, p. 156).