Sphaerodactylus storeyae

Sphaerodactylus storeyae
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. storeyae
Binomial name
Sphaerodactylus storeyae Grant, 1944
Synonyms [2] [3]
Sphaerodactylus storeyae Grant, 1944 Sphaerodactylus oliveri storeyae — Schwartz, 1961 Sphaerodactylus storeyae — Hedges & Garrido, 1993 Sphaerodactylus oliveri storeyae — Rösler, 2000

Sphaerodactylus storeyae, also known commonly as the Isle of Pines sphaero or the Los Canarreos geckolet, is a small species of gecko, a lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Isla de la Juventud in Cuba. ^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, storeyae, is in honor of American herpetologist Margaret Hamilton Storey. ^[4]

Habitat

The preferred habitats of S. storeyae are forest and shrubland. ^[1]

Reproduction

S. storeyae is oviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Fong, A. (2017). "Sphaerodactylus storeyae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T177833A71743385. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T177833A71743385.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Sphaerodactylus storeyae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
3. 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 oliveri storeyae, p. 159).
4. 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 storeyae, p. 256).

Further reading

• Grant C (1944). "New sphaerodactyls from Cuba and the Isle of Pines". Herpetologica2: 118–125. (Sphaerodactylus storeyae, new species, p. 125).
• Hedges SB, Garrido OH (1993). "A New Species of Gecko (Sphaerodactylus) from Central Cuba". Journal of Herpetology27 (3): 300–306. (Sphaerodactylus storeyae, p. 300). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
• Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota2: 28–153. (Sphaerodactylus oliveri storeyae, p. 114). (in German).
• Schwartz A (1961). "A Review of the Geckoes of the Sphaerodactylus scaber Group of Cuba". Herpetologica17 (1): 19–26. (Sphaerodactylus oliveri storeyae, new combination, p. 25).
• 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 oliveri storeyae, p. 518).