Sphaerodactylus underwoodi

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Sphaerodactylus underwoodi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Sphaerodactylus
Species:
S. underwoodi
Binomial name
Sphaerodactylus underwoodi
Schwartz, 1968

Sphaerodactylus underwoodi, also known commonly as Underwood's least gecko or the Turks Islands geckolet, is a small species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Grand Turk Island. [2]

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Etymology

The specific name, underwoodi, is in honor of British herpetologist Garth Leon Underwood. [3]

Habitat

The preferred habitat of S. underwoodi is shrubland. [1]

Reproduction

S. underwoodi is oviparous. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Reynolds R (2016). "Sphaerodactylus underwoodi (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T75605974A115491308. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T75605974A75607959.en. Downloaded on 08 March 2019.
  2. 1 2 Sphaerodactylus underwoodi 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 underwoodi, p. 270).

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