Cap-Haitien least gecko

The Cap-Haitien least gecko (Sphaerodactylus lazelli ) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Haiti.[2]

Cap-Haitien least gecko

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Sphaerodactylus
Species:
S. lazelli
Binomial name
Sphaerodactylus lazelli
Shreve, 1968

Etymology

The specific name, lazelli, is in honor of American herpetologist James Draper "Skip" Lazell, Jr. (born 1939).[3]

Habitat

The preferred habitat of S. lazelli is forest at sea level.[1]

Description

The holotype of S. lazelli has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 31 mm (1.2 in).[4]

Reproduction

S. lazelli is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Hedges B (2016). "Sphaerodactylus lazelli (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T75605475A115488191. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T75605475A75607784.en. Downloaded on 03 March 2019.
  2. Sphaerodactylus lazelli 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 lazelli, p. 153).
  4. Shreve (1968).

Further reading
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha) ". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Sphaerodactylus lazelli, p. 112). (in German).
  • Schwartz A (1983). "Part 1. Sphaerodactylus difficilis, S. clenchi, and S. lazelli ". pp. 5–30. 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.
  • 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 lazelli, p. 502).
  • 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 lazelli, p. 153).
  • Shreve B (1968). "The notatus group of Sphaerodactylus (Sauria, Gekkonidae) in Hispaniola". Breviora (280): 1-28. (Sphaerodactylus lazelli, new species, pp. 8–10).


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