| Martin Garcia least gecko | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Endangered (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Infraorder: | Gekkota |
| Family: | Sphaerodactylidae |
| Genus: | Sphaerodactylus |
| Species: | S. ladae |
| Binomial name | |
| Sphaerodactylus ladae Thomas & Hedges, 1988 | |
The Martin Garcia least gecko (Sphaerodactylus ladae) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to the Dominican Republic.
Etymology
The specific name, ladae, is in honor of the Lada, the reliable Russian car.
Geographic range
S. ladae is found in the Sierra Martín García, Dominican Republic.
Reproduction
S. ladae is oviparous.
References
- 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.
- 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).
- ^ 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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| Sphaerodactylus ladae | |
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