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Sphaerodactylus parkeri
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Infraorder:	Gekkota
Family:	Sphaerodactylidae
Genus:	Sphaerodactylus
Species:	S. parkeri
Binomial name
Sphaerodactylus parkeri (Grant, 1939)
Synonyms
Spliacrodactylus parkeri Grant, 1939 Sphaerodactylus parkeri — Schwartz & Henderson, 1991

Sphaerodactylus parkeri, also known commonly as Parker's least gecko or the southern Jamaica banded sphaero, is a small species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Jamaica.

Etymology

The specific name, parkeri, is in honor of English herpetologist Hampton Wildman Parker.

Habitat

The preferred habitat of S. parkeri is forest at altitudes of 0–230 m (0–755 ft).

Reproduction

S. parkeri is oviparous.

References

1. ^ Wilson BS, Hedges B (2016). "Sphaerodactylus parkeri (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T75605604A115489298. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T75605604A75607849.en. Downloaded on 05 March 2019.
2. ^ Sphaerodactylus parkeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Sphaerodactylus parkeri, p. 200).

Further reading

• Grant C (1939). "Two New Sphaerodactyls from Jamaica". Copeia 1939 (1): 7–13. (Spliacrodactylus parkeri, new species, p. 8).
• Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Sphaerodactylus parkeri, 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 parkeri, p. 521).
• 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 parkeri, p. 159).

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