Sphaerodactylus underwoodi

Sphaerodactylus underwoodi, also known commonly as Underwood's least gecko or the Turks Islands geckolet, is a small species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Grand Turk Island.[2]

Sphaerodactylus underwoodi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Sphaerodactylidae
Genus:	Sphaerodactylus
Species:	S. underwoodi
Binomial name
Sphaerodactylus underwoodi Schwartz, 1968

Etymology

The specific name, underwoodi, is in honor of British herpetologist Garth Leon Underwood.[3]

Habitat

The preferred habitat of S. underwoodi is shrubland.[1]

Reproduction

S. underwoodi is oviparous.[2]

References

1. Reynolds R (2016). "Sphaerodactylus underwoodi (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T75605974A115491308. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T75605974A75607959.en. Downloaded on 08 March 2019.
2. Sphaerodactylus underwoodi 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 underwoodi, p. 270).

Further reading

• Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28-153. (Sphaerodactylus underwoodi, p. 114). (in German).
• Schwartz A (1968). "The Geckos (Sphaerodactylus) of the Southern Bahama Islands". The Annals of the Carnegie Museum 39: 227–271. (Sphaerodactylus underwoodi, new species, p. 250).
• 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 underwoodi, p. 543).
• 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 underwoodi, p. 163).