Sphaerodactylus torrei

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]

Sphaerodactylus torrei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Sphaerodactylus
Species:
S. torrei
Binomial name
Sphaerodactylus torrei
Barbour, 1914

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. Fong A (2017). "Sphaerodactylus torrei ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T178262A71743977. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T178262A71743977.en. Downloaded on 08 March 2019.
  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 Zoölogy 44 (2): 205–359. (Sphaerodactylus torrei, new species, p. 260).
  • Grant C (1958). "A New Gekkonid Lizard (Sphaerodactylus) from Cuba". Herpetologica 14 (4): 225–227. (Sphaerodactylus spielmani, new species).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 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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