Vincent's least gecko

Vincent's least gecko
1921 illustration of specimen from Saint Vincent
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Gekkota
Family:	Sphaerodactylidae
Genus:	Sphaerodactylus
Species:	S. vincenti
Binomial name
Sphaerodactylus vincenti Boulenger, 1891

Vincent's least gecko (Sphaerodactylus vincenti) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to the Caribbean.

Geographic range

S. vincenti is found on the Windward Islands except for the southernmost island in the chain — Grenada, namely, on the islands of Dominica, Martinique, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent. ^[2]

Habitat

The preferred habitats of S. vincenti are forest and shrubland. ^[1] Population density is greatest in moist, shaded leaf-litter. These microhabitats provide shelter, access to prey, and protection against desiccation. ^[3]

Reproduction

S. vincenti is oviparous. ^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, vincenti, refers to the island of Saint Vincent. ^[4]

Subspecies

Including the nominotypical subspecies, ten subspecies are recognized as being valid. ^[2]

• Sphaerodactylus vincenti adamas Schwartz, 1964
• Sphaerodactylus vincenti diamesus Schwartz, 1964
• Sphaerodactylus vincenti festus Barbour, 1915
• Sphaerodactylus vincenti josephinae Schwartz, 1964
• Sphaerodactylus vincenti monilifer Barbour, 1921
• Sphaerodactylus vincenti paulmarinae Breuil, 2013
• Sphaerodactylus vincenti pheristus Schwartz, 1964
• Sphaerodactylus vincenti psammius Schwartz, 1964
• Sphaerodactylus vincenti ronaldi Schwartz, 1964
• Sphaerodactylus vincenti vincenti Boulenger, 1891

References

1. Henderson, R.W.; Powell, R.; Dewynter, M. (2016). "Sphaerodactylus vincenti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T82164818A71746898. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T82164818A71746898.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Species Sphaerodactylus vincenti at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
3. Steinberg, David S.; Powell, Sylvia D.; Powell, Robert; Parmerlee, John S.; Henderson, Robert W. (2007). "Population Densities, Water-loss Rates, and Diets of Sphaerodactylus vincenti on St. Vincent, West Indies". Journal of Herpetology. 41 (2): 330–336.
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 vincenti, p. 275).

Further reading

• Barbour T (1921). "Sphaerodactylus ". Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College47 (3): 215-282 + Plates 1-26. (Sphaerodactylus vincenti, pp. 270–271 + Plate 9, figure 3; Plate 26, figures 1–4).
• Boulenger GA (1891). "On Reptiles, Batrachians, and Fishes from the Lesser West Indies". Proc. Zool. Soc. London1891: 351–357. (Sphærodactylus vincenti, new species, p. 354).
• Malhotra, Anita; Thorpe, Roger S. (1999). Reptiles & Amphibians of the Eastern Caribbean. Macmillan Education Ltd. pp. 46–47, 101, 91, 93. ISBN   0-333-69141-5.
• Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota2: 28–153. (Sphaerodactylus vincenti, 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 vincenti, p. 544).
• 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 vincenti, pp. 163–164).

External links

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   Media related to Sphaerodactylus vincenti at Wikimedia Commons
• Sphaerodactylus vincenti at the Encyclopedia of Life