TerreNueve least gecko
| Terre-Neuve least gecko | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Sphaerodactylidae |
| Genus: | Sphaerodactylus |
| Species: | S. sommeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Sphaerodactylus sommeri Graham, 1981
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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.[2]
Etymology[edit]
The specific name, sommeri, is in honor of American entomologist William W. Sommer.[3]
Habitat[edit]
The preferred habitat of S. sommeri is forest at altitudes of 0–680 m (0–2,231 ft).[1]
Description[edit]
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.[4]
Reproduction[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b Sphaerodactylus sommeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ^ 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).
- ^ Graham (1981).
Further reading[edit]
- 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).