Sphaerodactylus torrei

Sphaerodactylus torrei
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Sphaerodactylidae
Genus:	Sphaerodactylus
Species:	S. torrei
Binomial name
	Sphaerodactylus torrei; Barbour, 1914

Last updated January 07, 2022

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

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References

1 2 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.
1 2 3 Sphaerodactylus torrei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
↑ 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).
↑ Barbour (1914).

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).

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[iucn_status_18_November_2021-1] 1 2 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.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 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).

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