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Bay Island 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. rosaurae
Binomial name
Sphaerodactylus rosaurae
Parker, 1940

The Bay Island least gecko (Sphaerodactylus rosaurae) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to the Bay Islands in Honduras.

Etymology

The specific name, rosaurae, refers to Lord Moyne's yacht Rosaura, from which the holotype was collected.

Habitat

The preferred habitat of S. rosaurae is forest at altitudes of 0–20 m (0–66 ft).

Reproduction

S. rosaurae is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Townsend, J.H.; Wilson, L.D. (2016). "Sphaerodactylus rosaurae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T203179A97192869. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T203179A97192869.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Sphaerodactylus rosaurae 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 rosaurae, p. 226).

Further reading

  • Frazier, Julius; Pollock, Nick; Holding, Matt; Montgomery, Chad E. (2011). "Geographic Distribution: Sphaerodactylus rosaurae (Bay Island least gecko)". Herpetological Review 42 (3): 391.
  • Köhler G (2000). Reptilien und Amphibien Mittelamerikas, Band 1: Krokodile, Schildkröten, Echsen. . Offenbach, Germany: Herpeton Verlag. 158 pp. ISBN 978-3980621403. (Sphaerodactylus rosaurae, p. 51). (in German).
  • 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.
  • Parker HW (1940). "Undescribed Anatomical Structures and New Species of Reptiles and Amphibians". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Eleventh Series 5: 257–274. (Sphaerodactylus rosaurae, new species, p. 264).
  • Wilson LD, Hahn DE (1973). "The Herpetofauna of the Islas de la Bahía, Honduras". Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 17 (2): 93–150. (Sphaerodactylus rosaurae, pp. 106–109, Figures 2A-2D).
Taxon identifiers
Sphaerodactylus rosaurae


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