Sphaerodactylus roosevelti

Sphaerodactylus roosevelti, also known commonly as Roosevelt's beige sphaero or Roosevelt's least gecko, is a small species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Puerto Rico.[2]

Sphaerodactylus roosevelti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Sphaerodactylus
Species:
S. roosevelti
Binomial name
Sphaerodactylus roosevelti
Grant, 1931

Etymology

The specific name, roosevelti, is in honor of Theodore Roosevelt Jr., who was Governor of Puerto Rico in 1931.[3]

Habitat

The preferred habitats of S. roosevelti are forest and shrubland at altitudes of 0–100 m (0–328 ft).[1]

Description

Adults of S. roosevelti have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 33–39 mm (1.3–1.5 in). All dorsal scales are large, strongly keeled, flattened, and overlapping. There is no middorsal zone of granular scales.[4]

Reproduction

S. roosevelti is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Joglar R, Rodriguez C, Monson O (2017). "Sphaerodactylus roosevelti ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T75605865A75607899. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T75605865A75607899.en. Downloaded on 06 March 2019.
  2. Sphaerodactylus roosevelti 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 roosevelti, p. 226).
  4. Thomas R, Schwartz A (1966). "Sphaerodactylus (Gekkonidae) in the Greater Puerto Rico Region". Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 10 (6): 193-260. (Sphaerodactylus roosevelti, pp. 234-236).

Further reading
  • Bauer AM, Russell AP, Shadwick RE (1990). "Skin mechanics and morphology of the gecko Sphaerodactylus roosevelti ". American Zoologist 30 (4): 570.
  • Grant C (1931). "The sphaerodactyls of Porto Rico, Culebra and Mona islands". Journal of the Department of Agriculture of Puerto Rico 15: 199–213. (Sphaerodactylus roosevelti, new species, p. 203).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28-153. (Sphaerodactylus roosevelti, p. 114). (in German).
  • Schwartz A, Henderson RW (1991). Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. Gainesville: University of Florida Press. 720 pp. ISBN 978-0813010496. (Sphaerodactylus roosevelti, p. 528).
  • Schwartz A, Thomas R (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Sphaerodactylus roosevelti, pp. 160–161).


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