Barahona big-scaled sphaero

The Barahona big-scaled sphaero (Sphaerodactylus plummeri), also known commonly as the Barahona big-scaled geckolet, is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species, which is a very small gecko, is endemic to the Dominican Republic. Originally described as a species new to science in 1992 by herpetologists Richard Thomas and Blair Hedges, it is named after Nicholas Plummer who was one of the collectors of the holotype.[2]

Barahona big-scaled sphaero
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Sphaerodactylus
Species:
S. plummeri
Binomial name
Sphaerodactylus plummeri
Thomas & Hedges, 1992

Habitat

The preferred habitat of S. plummeri is forest at altitudes of 0–100 m (0–328 ft).[1]

Description

S. plummeri has very large, flattened, keeled dorsal scales.[3]

Reproduction

S. plummeri is oviparous.[3]

References
  1. Landestoy M, Inchaustegui S, Hedges B (2016). "Sphaerodactylus plummeri (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T75605822A115489809. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T75605822A75607874.en. Downloaded on 05 March 2019.
  2. Thomas R, Hedges SB (1992). "An unusual new Sphaerodactylus from Hispaniola (Squamata: Gekkonidae)" (PDF). Journal of Herpetology. 26: 289–292. doi:10.2307/1564883. (Sphaerodactylus plummeri, new species).
  3. "Sphaerodactylus plummeri ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading
  • Thomas R, Hedges SB (1998). "A new gecko from the Sierra de Neiba of Hispaniola (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Sphaerodactylus)". Herpetologica 54 (3): 333–336. (Sphaerodactylus schuberti, new species).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28-153. (Sphaerodactylus plummeri, p. 113). (in German).
  • Various authors (2003). Atlas de la terrariophile. Vol. 3: Les lézards. Animalia Éditions. ISBN 2-9517895-2-1. (in French).


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