Sphaerodactylus parkeri

Sphaerodactylus parkeri, also known commonly as Parker's least gecko or the southern Jamaica banded sphaero, is a small species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Jamaica.[2]

Sphaerodactylus parkeri
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Sphaerodactylidae
Genus:	Sphaerodactylus
Species:	S. parkeri
Binomial name
Sphaerodactylus parkeri (Grant, 1939)
Synonyms[2]
Spliacrodactylus parkeri Grant, 1939 Sphaerodactylus parkeri — Schwartz & Henderson, 1991

Etymology

The specific name, parkeri, is in honor of English herpetologist Hampton Wildman Parker.[3]

Habitat

The preferred habitat of S. parkeri is forest at altitudes of 0–230 m (0–755 ft).[1]

Reproduction

S. parkeri is oviparous.[2]

References

1. Wilson BS, Hedges B (2016). "Sphaerodactylus parkeri (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T75605604A115489298. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T75605604A75607849.en. Downloaded on 05 March 2019.
2. Sphaerodactylus parkeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Sphaerodactylus parkeri, p. 200).

Further reading

• Grant C (1939). "Two New Sphaerodactyls from Jamaica". Copeia 1939 (1): 7-13. (Spliacrodactylus parkeri, new species, p. 8).
• Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28-153. (Sphaerodactylus parkeri, p. 113). (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 parkeri, p. 521).
• 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 parkeri, p. 159).