Martin Garcia least gecko

The Martin Garcia least gecko (Sphaerodactylus ladae) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to the Dominican Republic.

Martin Garcia least gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Sphaerodactylus
Species:
S. ladae
Binomial name
Sphaerodactylus ladae
Thomas & Hedges, 1988

Etymology

The specific name, ladae, is in honor of the Lada, the reliable Russian car.[2][3]

Geographic range

S. ladae is found in the Sierra Martín García, Dominican Republic.[3]

Reproduction

S. ladae is oviparous.[3]

References

  1. Landestoy M, Inchaustegui S, Hedges B (2016). "Sphaerodactylus ladae " (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T75605470A115488022. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T75605470A75607779.en. Downloaded on 03 March 2019.
  2. 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 ladae, p. 170).
  3. Sphaerodactylus ladae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.

Further reading

  • Thomas R, Hedges SB (1988). "Two New Geckos (Sphaerodactylus) from the Sierra Martin Garcia of Hispaniola". Herpetologica 44 (1): 96–104. (Sphaerodactylus ladae, new species, pp. 96–101, Figure 1).


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