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Peninsula least gecko
Conservation status

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Sphaerodactylus
Species: S. clenchi
Binomial name
Sphaerodactylus clenchi
Shreve, 1968

The peninsula least gecko (Sphaerodactylus clenchi) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to the Dominican Republic.

Etymology

The specific name, clenchi, is in honor of American malacologist William James "Bill" Clench, who collected the holotype.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of S. clenchi is forest, at elevations from sea level to 305 m (1,001 ft).

Reproduction

S. clenchi is oviparous.

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.

References

  1. ^ Inchaustegui S, Landestoy M, Hedges B (2016). "Sphaerodactylus clenchi (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T75605367A115486407. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T75605367A75607684.en. Downloaded on 27 February 2019.
  2. ^ Sphaerodactylus clenchi 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 clenchi, p. 55).

Further reading

  • Schwartz A (1983). "Part 1. Sphaerodactylus difficilis, S. clenchi, and S. lazelli ". pp. 5–30. In: Schwartz A, Thomas R (1983). "The difficilis complex of Sphaerodactylus (Sauria, Gekkonidae) of Hispaniola". Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History (22): 1-60. (Sphaerodactylus clenchi apocoptus, new subspecies).
  • 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 clenchi, p. 478).
  • 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 clenchi, p. 146).
  • Shreve B (1968). "The notatus group of Sphaerodactylus (Sauria, Gekkonidae) in Hispaniola". Breviora (280): 1-28. (Sphaerodactylus clenchi, new species, pp. 21–23).


Taxon identifiers
Sphaerodactylus clenchi


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