Juventud least gecko

The Juventud least gecko (Sphaerodactylus oliveri) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to the West Indies.

Juventud least gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Sphaerodactylus
Species:
S. oliveri
Binomial name
Sphaerodactylus oliveri
Grant, 1944

Etymology

The specific name, oliveri, is in honor of American herpetologist James Arthur Oliver.[2]

Geographic range

S. oliveri is found in Cuba and the Bahamas.[3]

Habitat

The preferred habitat of S. oliveri is forest at altitudes of 0–600 m (0–1,969 ft).[1]

Reproduction

S. oliveri is oviparous.[3]

References
  1. Fong, A. (2017). "Sphaerodactylus oliveri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T75605587A75607834. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T75605587A75607834.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  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 oliveri, p. 194).
  3. Sphaerodactylus oliveri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

Further reading
  • Grant C (1944). "New sphaerodactyls from Cuba and the Isle of Pines". Herpetologica 2: 118–125. (Sphaerodactylus oliveri, new species, p. 18).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Sphaerodactylus oliveri, p. 113). (in German).
  • 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 oliveri, p. 518).
  • 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 oliveri, p. 159).


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