Peravia least gecko

Peravia least gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Infraorder: Gekkota
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Sphaerodactylus
Species:
S. ocoae
Binomial name
Sphaerodactylus ocoae

The Peravia least gecko (Sphaerodactylus ocoae) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to the Dominican Republic.

Etymology

The specific name, ocoae, refers to the Sierra de Ocoa mountain range.[2]

Geographic range

S. ocoae is found in Peravia Province, Dominican Republic.[3]

Habitat

The preferred habitat of S. ocoae is forest.[1]

Reproduction

S. ocoae is oviparous.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Landestoy M, Incháustegui S, Hedges B (2016). "Sphaerodactylus ocoae (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T75605564A115488803. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T75605564A75607824.en. Downloaded on 04 March 2019.
  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 ocoae, p. 193).
  3. ^ a b Sphaerodactylus ocoae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

Further reading

  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannte Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha) ". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (in German).
  • Schwartz A, Henderson RW (1991). Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. Gainesville: University of Florida Press. 720 pp. ISBN 978-0813010496.
  • Schwartz A, Thomas R (1977). "Two New Species of Sphaerodactylus (Reptilia, Lacertilia, Gekkonidae) from Hispaniola". Journal of Herpetology 11 (1): 61–66. (Sphaerodactylus ocoae, new species, p. 61).


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