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(Redirected from Sphaerodactylus oliveri) Species of lizard

Juventud least gecko
Conservation status

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. oliveri
Binomial name
Sphaerodactylus oliveri
Grant, 1944

The Juventud least gecko (Sphaerodactylus oliveri) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to the West Indies.

Etymology

The specific name, oliveri, is in honor of American herpetologist James Arthur Oliver.

Geographic range

S. oliveri is found in Cuba and the Bahamas.

Habitat

The preferred habitat of S. oliveri is forest at altitudes of 0–600 m (0–1,969 ft).

Reproduction

S. oliveri is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Fong, A. (2017). "Sphaerodactylus oliveri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T75605587A75607834. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T75605587A75607834.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 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 oliveri, p. 194).
  3. ^ Sphaerodactylus oliveri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

Further reading

  • Grant C (1944). "New sphaerodactyls from Cuba and the Isle of Pines". Herpetologica 2: 118–125. (Sphaerodactylus oliveri, new species, p. 18).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Sphaerodactylus oliveri, p. 113). (in German).
  • 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 oliveri, p. 518).
  • 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 oliveri, p. 159).
Taxon identifiers
Sphaerodactylus oliveri


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