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| Neiba agave sphaero | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Gekkota |
| Family: | Sphaerodactylidae |
| Genus: | Sphaerodactylus |
| Species: | S. schuberti |
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| Sphaerodactylus schuberti | |
The Neiba agave sphaero (Sphaerodactylus schuberti), also known commonly as the Neiba agave geckolet[2] and Schubert's least gecko,[3] is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to the Dominican Republic.[2]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, schuberti, is in honor of German zoologist Andreas Schubert.[3]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred habitat of S. schuberti is in dead agaves in xeric forest at an altitude of 273 m (896 ft).[1][4]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 Inchaustegui S, Landestoy M, Hedges B (2016). "Sphaerodactylus schuberti (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T75605887A115490639. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T75605887A75607919.en. Downloaded on 07 March 2019.
- 1 2 3 Sphaerodactylus schuberti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
- 1 2 Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Sphaerodactylus schuberti, p. 238).
- ↑ Thomas & Hedges (1998).
Further reading
[edit]- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Sphaerodactylus schuberti, p. 114). (in German).
- Thomas R, Hedges SB (1998). "A New Gecko from the Sierra de Neiba of Hispaniola (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Sphaerodactylus)". Herpetologica 54 (3): 333–336.