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Neiba agave sphaero

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Species of lizard

Neiba agave sphaero
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Sphaerodactylus
Species: S. schuberti
Binomial name
Sphaerodactylus schuberti
Thomas & Hedges, 1998
Distribution of Sphaerodactylus schuberti (known range; red).

The Neiba agave sphaero (Sphaerodactylus schuberti), also known commonly as the Neiba agave geckolet and Schubert's least gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to the Dominican Republic.

Etymology

The specific name, schuberti, is in honor of German zoologist Andreas Schubert.

Habitat

The preferred habitat of S. schuberti is in dead agaves in xeric forest at an altitude of 273 m (896 ft).

Reproduction

S. schuberti is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Inchaustegui S, Landestoy M, Hedges B (2016). "Sphaerodactylus schuberti (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T75605887A115490639. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T75605887A75607919.en. Downloaded on 07 March 2019.
  2. ^ Sphaerodactylus schuberti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
  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 schuberti, p. 238).
  4. Thomas & Hedges (1998).

Further reading

  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Sphaerodactylus schuberti, p. 114). (in German).
  • Thomas R, Hedges SB (1998). "A New Gecko from the Sierra de Neiba of Hispaniola (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Sphaerodactylus)". Herpetologica 54 (3): 333–336.
Species of genus Sphaerodactylus
Taxon identifiers
Sphaerodactylus schuberti


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