Bay Island least gecko

The Bay Island least gecko (Sphaerodactylus rosaurae) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to the Bay Islands in Honduras.[2]

Bay Island least gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Sphaerodactylus
Species:
S. rosaurae
Binomial name
Sphaerodactylus rosaurae
Parker, 1940

Etymology

The specific name, rosaurae, refers to Lord Moyne's yacht Rosaura,[3] from which the holotype was collected.[2]

Habitat

The preferred habitat of S. rosaurae is forest at altitudes of 0–20 m (0–66 ft).[1]

Reproduction

S. rosaurae is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Townsend, J.H.; Wilson, L.D. (2016). "Sphaerodactylus rosaurae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T203179A97192869. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T203179A97192869.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Sphaerodactylus rosaurae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
  3. 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 rosaurae, p. 226).

Further reading
  • Frazier, Julius; Pollock, Nick; Holding, Matt; Montgomery, Chad E. (2011). "Geographic Distribution: Sphaerodactylus rosaurae (Bay Island least gecko)". Herpetological Review 42 (3): 391.
  • Köhler G (2000). Reptilien und Amphibien Mittelamerikas, Band 1: Krokodile, Schildkröten, Echsen. [= Middle American Reptiles and Amphibiens, Volume 1: Crocodilians, Turtles, Lizards]. Offenbach, Germany: Herpeton Verlag. 158 pp. ISBN 978-3980621403. (Sphaerodactylus rosaurae, p. 51). (in German).
  • McCranie JR (2018). "The Lizards, Crocodiles, and Turtles of Honduras. Systematics, Distribution, and Conservation". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 15 (1): 1–129.
  • Parker HW (1940). "Undescribed Anatomical Structures and New Species of Reptiles and Amphibians". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Eleventh Series 5: 257–274. (Sphaerodactylus rosaurae, new species, p. 264).
  • Wilson LD, Hahn DE (1973). "The Herpetofauna of the Islas de la Bahía, Honduras". Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 17 (2): 93–150. (Sphaerodactylus rosaurae, pp. 106–109, Figures 2A-2D).


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