| Distrobution | Dominican Republic (Oviedo, Prov. Pedernales, La Vega, Santiago, Espaillat, Duarte, S Puerto Plata), Culebra, Muertos, Hispaniola, Ile de la Tortue (Haiti)
Sphaerodactylus difficilis difficilis: north-central Repblica Dominicana. Altitudinal distribution about 300 ft. to at least 2000 ft. Sphaerodactylus difficilis anthracomus (HOLOTYPE CM 52279): east coast of Peninsula de Barahona, Repblica Dominicana.
Sphaerodactylus difficilis diolenius (HOLOTYPE USNM 166967): south-central and eastern Repblica Dominicana; Isla Pascal in Bahia de Samana; presumably the subspecies at Hinche, Dpt. du Centre, Haiti. Sphaerodactylus difficilis euopter (HOLOTYPE CM 54142): le de la Tortue.
Sphaerodactylus difficilis lycauges (HOLOTYPE CM 52251): all of northern Haiti. Sphaerodactylus difficilis peratus (HOLOTYPE CM 52264): extreme northeastern Repblica Dominicana (absent from Peninsula de Samana). Sphaerodactylus difficilis typhlopous (HOLOTYPE USNM 166966): northwestern Repblica Dominicana, inland to Santiago Rodriguez and Santiago provinces; Cayos Siete Hermanos; specimens from northern slopes or interior Cordillera Central intergradient between S. d. typhlopous, S. d. difficilis, and probably S. d. lycaugues.
Terra typica: Santiago de la Vega, La Vega Province, Repblica Dominicana. |
