Biology:Vincent's least gecko
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Short description: Species of lizard
| Vincent's least gecko | |
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| 1921 illustration of specimen from Saint Vincent | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Sphaerodactylidae |
| Genus: | Sphaerodactylus |
| Species: | S. vincenti
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| Binomial name | |
| Sphaerodactylus vincenti Boulenger, 1891
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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
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/82164818/71746898. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Species Sphaerodactylus vincenti at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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 College 47 (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. London 1891: 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)". Gekkota 2: 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
Wikidata ☰ Q3011296 entry
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