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Species of lizard

Dunn's least gecko
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Infraorder: Gekkota
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Sphaerodactylus
Species: S. dunni
Binomial name
Sphaerodactylus dunni
Schmidt, 1936

Dunn's least gecko (Sphaerodactylus dunni) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Honduras.

Etymology

The specific name, dunni, is in honor of American herpetologist Emmett Reid Dunn.

Geographic range

S. dunni is found in northern Honduras.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of S. dunni is forest, at altitudes of 60–700 m (200–2,300 ft).

Description

The holotype of S. dunni has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 25 mm (0.98 in). The dorsal scales are keeled and imbricate (overlapping).

Behavior

S. dunni is terrestrial and diurnal.

Reproduction

S. dunni is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Townsend, J.H.; Wilson, L.D.; Luque, I.; Mayer, Greg (2013). "Sphaerodactylus dunni ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T178652A1540869. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T178652A1540869.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Sphaerodactylus dunni 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 dunni, p. 77).
  4. Schmidt (1936).

Further reading

  • Harris DM, Kluge AG (1984). "The Sphaerodactylus (Sauria: Gekkonidae) of Middle America". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (706): 1-59. (Sphaerodactylus dunni, p. 42).
  • Köhler G (2008). Reptiles of Central America, Second Edition. Offenbach, Germany: Herpeton Verlag. 400 pp. ISBN 978-3936180282.
  • McCranie JR (2018). "The Lizards, Crocodiles, and Turtles of Honduras. Systematics, Distribution, and Conservation". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 15 (1): 1–129.
  • Meyer JR, Wilson LD (1971). "Taxonomic Studies and Notes on some Honduran Amphibians and Reptiles". Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 70: 106–114.
  • Schmidt KP (1936). "New Amphibians and Reptiles from Honduras in the Museum of Comparative Zoology". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 49: 43–50. (Sphaerodactylus dunni, new species, pp. 46–47).


Taxon identifiers
Sphaerodactylus dunni


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