TerreNueve least gecko

The Terre-Neuve least gecko (Sphaerodactylus sommeri), also known commonly as the northwest Haitian banded geckolet, is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Haiti.[2]

Terre-Neuve least gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Sphaerodactylus
Species:
S. sommeri
Binomial name
Sphaerodactylus sommeri
Graham, 1981

Etymology

The specific name, sommeri, is in honor of American entomologist William W. Sommer.[3]

Habitat

The preferred habitat of S. sommeri is forest at altitudes of 0–680 m (0–2,231 ft).[1]

Description

The maximum recorded snout-to-vent length (SVL) of S. sommeri is 3.5 cm (1.4 in) for females and 3.0 cm (1.2 in) for males.[4]

Reproduction

S. sommeri is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Hedges B (2016). "Sphaerodactylus sommeri (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T75605940A115490992. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T75605940A75607944.en. Downloaded on 07 March 2019.
  2. Sphaerodactylus sommeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  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 sommeri, p. 248).
  4. Graham (1981).

Further reading
  • Graham ED (1981). "A New Species of Lizard (Sphaerodactylus) from Northwestern Haiti". Journal of Herpetology 15 (3): 363–366. (Sphaerodactylus sommeri, new species).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Sphaerodactylus sommeri, p. 114). (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. (Sphaerodactylus sommeri, p. 536).


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