Juventud least gecko
| Juventud least gecko | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Sphaerodactylidae |
| Genus: | Sphaerodactylus |
| Species: | S. oliveri
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| Binomial name | |
| Sphaerodactylus oliveri Grant, 1944
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The Juventud least gecko (Sphaerodactylus oliveri) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to the West Indies.
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, oliveri, is in honor of American herpetologist James Arthur Oliver.[2]
Geographic range
[edit]S. oliveri is found in Cuba and the Bahamas.[3]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred habitat of S. oliveri is forest at altitudes of 0–600 m (0–1,969 ft).[1]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Fong, A. (2017). "Sphaerodactylus oliveri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T75605587A75607834. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T75605587A75607834.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Sphaerodactylus oliveri, p. 194).
- ^ a b Sphaerodactylus oliveri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
Further reading
[edit]- Grant C (1944). "New sphaerodactyls from Cuba and the Isle of Pines". Herpetologica 2: 118–125. (Sphaerodactylus oliveri, new species, p. 18).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Sphaerodactylus oliveri, 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. ISBN 978-0813010496. (Sphaerodactylus oliveri, p. 518).
- 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 oliveri, p. 159).