Sphaerodactylus torrei

Sphaerodactylus torrei
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. torrei
Binomial name
Sphaerodactylus torrei Barbour, 1914

Sphaerodactylus torrei, also known commonly as Barbour's least gecko or the Cuban broad-banded geckolet, is a small species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Cuba. ^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, torrei, is in honor of Cuban naturalist Carlos de la Torre y Huerta. ^[3]

Habitat

The preferred habitat of S. torrei, is forest. ^[1]

Description

S. torrei has "very small minute granule-like" dorsal scales. ^[4]

Reproduction

S. torrei is oviparous. ^[2]

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies. ^[2]

• Sphaerodactylus torrei spielmani Grant, 1958
• Sphaerodactylus torrei torrei Barbour, 1914

References

1. Fong, A. (2017). "Sphaerodactylus torrei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T178262A71743977. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T178262A71743977.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Sphaerodactylus torrei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
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 torrei, p. 266).
4. Barbour (1914).

Further reading

• Barbour T (1914). "A Contribution to the Zoögeography of the West Indies, with Especial Reference to Amphibians and Reptiles". Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy44 (2): 205–359. (Sphaerodactylus torrei, new species, p. 260).
• Grant C (1958). "A New Gekkonid Lizard (Sphaerodactylus) from Cuba". Herpetologica14 (4): 225–227. (Sphaerodactylus spielmani, new species).
• Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota2: 28–153. (Sphaerodactylus torrei, 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 torrei, p. 541).
• 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 torrei, pp. 162–163).