Sphaerodactylus armasi

Sphaerodactylus armasi
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. armasi
Binomial name
Sphaerodactylus armasi Schwartz & Garrido, 1974

Sphaerodactylus armasi, also known commonly as the Guantanamo coastal gecko or the Guantanamo least gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Cuba.

Etymology

The specific name, armasi, is in honor of Cuban zoologist Luis F. de Armas. ^[2]

Geographic range

S. armasi is found in Guantánamo Province in extreme southeastern Cuba. ^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of S. armasi is dry forest, often with Agave . ^[1]

Reproduction

S. armasi is oviparous. ^[3]

References

1. Fong, A. (2017). "Sphaerodactylus armasi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T178309A71744917. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T178309A71744917.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
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 armasi, p. 11).
3. Sphaerodactylus armasi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 24 February 2019.

Further reading

• Alfonso, Yasel U.; Charruau, Pierre; Fajardo, Gabriel; Estrada, Alberto R. (2012). "Interspecific communal oviposition and reproduction of three lizard species in Southeastern Cuba". Herpetology Notes5: 73–77.
• Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha) ". Gekkota2: 28–153. (Sphaerodactylus armasi, p. 110). (in German).
• Schwartz A, Garrido OH (1974). "A new Cuban species of Sphaerodactylus (Gekkonidae) of the nigropunctatus complex". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington87: 337–344. (Sphaerodactylus armasi, new species).
• 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. (Sphaerodactylus armasi, p. 468).
• 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 armasi, p. 144).