''Sphaerodactylus parkeri'', also known
commonly as Parker's least gecko or the southern Jamaica banded sphaero, is a small
species of
lizard
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia alt ...
in the
family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is
endemic to
Jamaica.
Etymology
The
specific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''parkeri'', is in honor of English herpetologist
Hampton Wildman Parker.
[Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Sphaerodactylus parkeri'', p. 200).]
Habitat
The preferred
habitat of ''S. parkeri'' is
forest at altitudes of .
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Reproduction
''S. parkeri'' is oviparous
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References
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. . (''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).
Sphaerodactylus
Endemic fauna of Jamaica
Reptiles of Jamaica
Reptiles described in 1939
Taxa named by Chapman Grant
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