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Beck's least gecko
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Sphaerodactylidae
Genus:	Sphaerodactylus
Species:	S. becki
Binomial name
Sphaerodactylus becki Schmidt, 1919

Beck's least gecko (Sphaerodactylus becki) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Navassa Island.

Etymology

The specific name, becki, is in honor of American ornithologist Rollo Howard Beck.

Habitat

The preferred habitat of S. becki is dry forest.

Behavior

S. becki hides in leaf litter and under rocks.

Reproduction

S. becki is oviparous.

References

1. ^ Hedges B (2016). "Sphaerodactylus becki (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T75605342A115485986. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T75605342A75607659.en. Downloaded on 26 February 2019.
2. ^ Sphaerodactylus becki 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 becki, p. 21).

Further reading

• Powell R, Ottenwalder JA, Inchaustegui SJ (1999). "The Hispaniolan Herpetofauna: Diversity, Endemism, and Historical Perspectives, with Comments on Navassa Island". pp. 93–168 In: Crother BI, editor (1999). Caribbean Amphibians and Reptiles. San Diego California: Academic Press. 495 pp. + color plates 1-8. ISBN 978-0121979553. (Sphaerodactylus becki, pp. 138, 140, 161).
• Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha) ". Gekkota 2: 28-153. (Sphaerodactylus becki, p. 110). (in German).
• Schmidt KP (1919). "Descriptions of New Amphibians and Reptiles from Santo Domingo and Navassa". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 41: 519-525. (Sphaerodactylus becki, new species, p. 520).
• 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 becki, p. 472).
• 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 becki, p. 145).

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