†Sphaerodactylus dommeli Bohme 1984 (round-fingered gecko)
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Reptilia - Squamata - Gekkonidae
Belongs to Sphaerodactylus according to Bohme 1984
Sister taxon: Sphaerodactylus ciguapa
Type specimen: ZFMK 66238, a partial skeleton (amber-embedded articulated specimen preserving the integument and nearly complete cranial and postcranial elements, tail vertebrae missing, possibly due to rege). Its type locality is Dominican amber, La Toca (Work collection), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian fluvial-deltaic shale/amber in the El Mamey Formation of the Dominican Republic.
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber, La Toca (Work collection)
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