Ruibal's least gecko

Ruibal's least gecko
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Gekkota
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. ^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, ruibali, is in honor of Cuban-American herpetologist Rodolfo Ruibal (1927–2016). ^{[2] [3]}

Habitat

The preferred habitats of S. ruibali are forest and shrubland at altitudes of 0–200 m (0–656 ft). ^[1]

Reproduction

S. ruibali is oviparous. ^[2]

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". Herpetologica15 (1): 53. (Sphaerodactylus ruibali, new species).
• Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota2: 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 Bulletin7: 1-26.