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Morne Dubois least gecko
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (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. nycteropus
Binomial name
Sphaerodactylus nycteropus
Thomas & Schwartz, 1977

The Morne Dubois least gecko (Sphaerodactylus nycteropus) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Haiti.

Geographic range

S. nycteropus is found on the Morne Dubois Peninsula, Département du Sud, Haiti.

Reproduction

S. nycteropus is oviparous.

References

  1. Hedges, S.B. (2017). "Sphaerodactylus nycteropus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T75605559A75607819. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T75605559A75607819.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Sphaerodactylus nycteropus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.

Further reading

  • 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 nycteropus, p. 516).
  • Thomas R, Schwartz A (1977). "Three New Species of Sphaerodactylus (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Hispaniola". Annals of Carnegie Museum 46: 33–43. (Sphaerodactylus nycteropus, new species, p. 41).
Taxon identifiers
Sphaerodactylus nycteropus


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