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Sphaerodactylus underwoodi

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Species of lizard

Sphaerodactylus underwoodi
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. underwoodi
Binomial name
Sphaerodactylus underwoodi
Schwartz, 1968

Sphaerodactylus underwoodi, also known commonly as Underwood's least gecko or the Turks Islands geckolet, is a small species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Grand Turk Island.

Etymology

The specific name, underwoodi, is in honor of British herpetologist Garth Leon Underwood.

Habitat

The preferred habitat of S. underwoodi is shrubland.

Reproduction

S. underwoodi is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Reynolds R (2016). "Sphaerodactylus underwoodi (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T75605974A115491308. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T75605974A75607959.en. Downloaded on 08 March 2019.
  2. ^ Sphaerodactylus underwoodi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  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 underwoodi, p. 270).

Further reading

  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Sphaerodactylus underwoodi, p. 114). (in German).
  • Schwartz A (1968). "The Geckos (Sphaerodactylus) of the Southern Bahama Islands". The Annals of the Carnegie Museum 39: 227–271. (Sphaerodactylus underwoodi, new species, p. 250).
  • 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 underwoodi, p. 543).
  • 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 underwoodi, p. 163).
Taxon identifiers
Sphaerodactylus underwoodi


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