Cochran's least gecko

Cochran's least gecko (Sphaerodactylus cochranae) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to the Dominican Republic.[2]

Cochran's least gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Sphaerodactylus
Species:
S. cochranae
Binomial name
Sphaerodactylus cochranae
Ruibal, 1946

Etymology

The specific name, Cochranae, is in honor of American herpetologist Doris Mable Cochran.[3]

Habitat

The preferred habitat of S. cochranae is forest at altitudes of 0–241 m (0–791 ft).[1]

Reproduction

S. cochranae is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Landestoy M, Hedges B (2016). "Sphaerodactylus cochranae (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T75605372A115486571. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T75605372A75607689.en. Downloaded on 27 February 2019.
  2. Sphaerodactylus cochranae 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 cohranae, p. 56).

Further reading
  • Powell R, Henderson RW (2008). "Sphaerodactylus cochranae ". Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (851): 1-2.
  • Powell, Robert; Ottenwalder, José A.; Incháustegui, Sixto J.; Henderson, Robert W.; Glor, Richard E. (2000). "Amphibians and reptiles of the Dominican Republic: Species of special concern". Oryx 34 (2): 118-128.
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha) ". Gekkota 2: 28-153. (Sphaerodactylus cochranae, p. 111). (in German).
  • Ruibal, "Rudolph [sic]" (1946). "A New Sphaerodactylus from the Dominican Republic". American Museum Novitates (1308): 1-4. (Sphaerodactylus cochranae, new species).
  • 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 cochranae, p. 480).
  • 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 cochranae, p. 146).
  • Thomas R, Schwartz A (1983). "Part 2. Sphaerodactylus savagei, S. cochranae, S. darlingtoni, S. armstrongi, S. streptophorus, and conclusions". pp. 31–60. In: Schwartz A, Thomas R (1983). "The difficilis complex of Sphaerodactylus (Sauria, Gekkonidae) of Hispaniola". Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History (22): 1-60.



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