Peravia least gecko
The Peravia least gecko (Sphaerodactylus ocoae) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to the Dominican Republic.
| Peravia least gecko | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Sphaerodactylidae |
| Genus: | Sphaerodactylus |
| Species: | S. ocoae |
| Binomial name | |
| Sphaerodactylus ocoae | |
Etymology
The specific name, ocoae, refers to the Sierra de Ocoa mountain range.[2]
Geographic range
S. ocoae is found in Peravia Province, Dominican Republic.[3]
References
- Landestoy M, Incháustegui S, Hedges B (2016). "Sphaerodactylus ocoae (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T75605564A115488803. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T75605564A75607824.en. Downloaded on 04 March 2019.
- 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 ocoae, p. 193).
- Sphaerodactylus ocoae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
Further reading
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannte Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha) ". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (in German).
- Schwartz A, Henderson RW (1991). Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. Gainesville: University of Florida Press. 720 pp. ISBN 978-0813010496.
- Schwartz A, Thomas R (1977). "Two New Species of Sphaerodactylus (Reptilia, Lacertilia, Gekkonidae) from Hispaniola". Journal of Herpetology 11 (1): 61–66. (Sphaerodactylus ocoae, new species, p. 61).
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