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Ruibal's least gecko
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Sphaerodactylidae
Genus:	Sphaerodactylus
Species:	S. ruibali
Binomial name
Sphaerodactylus ruibali Grant, 1959

Ruibal's least gecko (Sphaerodactylus ruibali) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Cuba and was first described by Chapman Grant in 1959.

Etymology

The specific name, ruibali, is in honor of Cuban-American herpetologist Rodolfo Ruibal (1927–2016).

Habitat

The preferred habitats of S. ruibali are forest and shrubland at altitudes of 0–200 m (0–656 ft).

Reproduction

S. ruibali is oviparous.

References

1. ^ Fong, A. (2017). "Sphaerodactylus ruibali". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T75605872A75607904. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T75605872A75607904.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. ^ Sphaerodactylus ruibali 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 ruibali, p. 229).

Further reading

• Grant C (1959). "Another New Sphaerodactylus from Guantanamo, Cuba". Herpetologica 15 (1): 53. (Sphaerodactylus ruibali, new species).
• Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Sphaerodactylus ruibali, p. 114). (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 ruibali, p. 529).
• 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 ruibali, p. 161).
• Thomas R, Schwartz A (1966). "The Sphaerodactylus decoratus complex in the West Indies". Brigham Young University Science Bulletin 7: 1-26.

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