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(Redirected from Sphaerodactylus armstrongi) Species of lizard

Armstrong's least gecko
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Sphaerodactylus
Species: S. armstrongi
Binomial name
Sphaerodactylus armstrongi
Noble & Hassler, 1933

Armstrong's least gecko (Sphaerodactylus armstrongi), also known commonly as the southern forest geckolet, is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to the island of Hispaniola.

Etymology

The specific name, armstrongi, is in honor of Lorenzo D. Armstrong, a patron of the American Museum of Natural History who financed the 1932 expedition on which the holotype was collected.

Geographic range

S. armstrongi is found in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of S. armstrongi is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 1,800 m (5,900 ft).

Reproduction

S. armstrongi is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Incháustegui S, Landestoy M (2016). "Sphaerodactylus armstrongi (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T75605325A115485502. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T75605325A75607644.en. Downloaded on 26 February 2019.
  2. Noble & Hassler (1933).
  3. ^ Sphaerodactylus armstrongi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.

Further reading

  • Noble GK, Hassler WG (1933). "Two New Species of Frogs, Five New Species and a Race of Lizards from the Dominican Republic". American Museum Novitates (652): 1–17. (Sphaerodactylus armstrongi, new species, pp. 5–7).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha) ". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Sphaerodactylus armstrongi, p. 110). (in German).
  • 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 armstrongi, pp. 144–145).
  • 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 armstrongi, p. 469).


Taxon identifiers
Sphaerodactylus armstrongi


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