''Sphaerodactylus glaucus'' is a species of

gecko Geckos are small, mostly carnivorous lizards that have a wide distribution, found on every continent except Antarctica. Belonging to the infraorder Gekkota, geckos are found in warm climates throughout the world. They range from . Geckos ar ...

known by the common name collared dwarf gecko or least gecko.García-Grajáles, J., et al. (2014)
Range extension of the least gecko, ''Sphaerodactylus glaucus'' Cope, 1865 (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) in Oaxaca, Mexico.
''CheckList'' 10(1): 205-206. (''geco-enano collarejo'' in Spanish).''Sphaerodactylus glaucus''.
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). It is native to Mexico and parts of Central America, its range extending from Oaxaca and Veracruz in Mexico through

Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H ...

Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...

. This gecko has a cream-colored band bordered by two black bands around the neck. There is a similar band bordered by black spots at the base of the tail and another at the middle of the tail. It can be distinguished from '' S. continentalis'' by its dorsal scales, which are smooth rather than keeled. It is diurnal. This species has been observed in several kinds of tropical forest, subtropical moist forest, and mangrove ecotones from sea level to 1000 meters in elevation. It is sometimes found near human habitation hiding under debris and in

thatching Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge (''Cladium mariscus''), rushes, heather, or palm branches, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof. Since the bulk of ...

. This gecko is common in its range and faces no immediate major threats. It is sometimes prey and competition for the

common house gecko The common house gecko (''Hemidactylus frenatus'') is a gecko native to South and Southeast Asia. It is also known as the Asian house gecko, Pacific house gecko, wall gecko, house lizard, tayoto, chipkali or moon lizard. Most geckos are nocturn ...

(''Hemidactylus frenatus'') in human habitations, but not in wild habitat.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3493134 G Lizards of Central America Lizards of North America Reptiles of Belize Reptiles of Guatemala Reptiles of Honduras Reptiles of Mexico Natural history of Oaxaca Natural history of Veracruz Reptiles described in 1865 Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope