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(Redirected from Sphaerodactylus sommeri) Species of lizard

Terre-Neuve 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. sommeri
Binomial name
Sphaerodactylus sommeri
Graham, 1981

The Terre-Neuve least gecko (Sphaerodactylus sommeri), also known commonly as the northwest Haitian banded geckolet, is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Haiti.

Etymology

The specific name, sommeri, is in honor of American entomologist William W. Sommer.

Habitat

The preferred habitat of S. sommeri is forest at altitudes of 0–680 m (0–2,231 ft).

Description

The maximum recorded snout-to-vent length (SVL) of S. sommeri is 3.5 cm (1.4 in) for females and 3.0 cm (1.2 in) for males.

Reproduction

S. sommeri is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Hedges B (2016). "Sphaerodactylus sommeri (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T75605940A115490992. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T75605940A75607944.en. Downloaded on 07 March 2019.
  2. ^ Sphaerodactylus sommeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  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 sommeri, p. 248).
  4. Graham (1981).

Further reading

  • Graham ED (1981). "A New Species of Lizard (Sphaerodactylus) from Northwestern Haiti". Journal of Herpetology 15 (3): 363–366. (Sphaerodactylus sommeri, new species).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Sphaerodactylus sommeri, p. 114). (in German).
  • 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 sommeri, p. 536).
Taxon identifiers
Sphaerodactylus sommeri


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