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Bay Island least gecko
The Bay Island least gecko (Sphaerodactylus rosaurae) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to the Bay Islands in Honduras.[2]
| Bay Island least gecko | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Sphaerodactylidae |
| Genus: | Sphaerodactylus |
| Species: | S. rosaurae |
| Binomial name | |
| Sphaerodactylus rosaurae Parker, 1940 | |
Etymology edit
The specific name, rosaurae, refers to Lord Moyne's yacht Rosaura,[3] from which the holotype was collected.[2]
Habitat edit
The preferred habitat of S. rosaurae is forest at altitudes of 0–20 m (0–66 ft).[1]
Reproduction edit
References edit
- ^ a b Townsend, J.H.; Wilson, L.D. (2016). "Sphaerodactylus rosaurae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T203179A97192869. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T203179A97192869.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Sphaerodactylus rosaurae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
- ^ 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 rosaurae, p. 226).
Further reading edit
- Frazier, Julius; Pollock, Nick; Holding, Matt; Montgomery, Chad E. (2011). "Geographic Distribution: Sphaerodactylus rosaurae (Bay Island least gecko)". Herpetological Review 42 (3): 391.
- Köhler G (2000). Reptilien und Amphibien Mittelamerikas, Band 1: Krokodile, Schildkröten, Echsen. [= Middle American Reptiles and Amphibiens, Volume 1: Crocodilians, Turtles, Lizards]. Offenbach, Germany: Herpeton Verlag. 158 pp. ISBN 978-3980621403. (Sphaerodactylus rosaurae, p. 51). (in German).
- McCranie JR (2018). "The Lizards, Crocodiles, and Turtles of Honduras. Systematics, Distribution, and Conservation". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 15 (1): 1–129.
- Parker HW (1940). "Undescribed Anatomical Structures and New Species of Reptiles and Amphibians". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Eleventh Series 5: 257–274. (Sphaerodactylus rosaurae, new species, p. 264).
- Wilson LD, Hahn DE (1973). "The Herpetofauna of the Islas de la Bahía, Honduras". Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 17 (2): 93–150. (Sphaerodactylus rosaurae, pp. 106–109, Figures 2A-2D).