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The Neiba agave sphaero (''Sphaerodactylus schuberti''), also known commonly as the Neiba agave geckolet and Schubert's least gecko, is a species of
The Neiba agave sphaero (''Sphaerodactylus schuberti''), also known commonly as the Neiba agave geckolet and Schubert's least gecko, is a 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 the Dominican Republic.
Etymology
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* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''schuberti'', is in honor of German zoologist Andreas Schubert
Andreas ( el, Ἀνδρέας) is a name usually given to males in Austria, Greece, Cyprus, Denmark, Armenia, Estonia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Finland, Flanders, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Romania, the Netherlands, and Indonesia. The ...
.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Sphaerodactylus schuberti'', p. 238).
Habitat
The preferred habitat of ''S. schuberti'' is in dead agaves in xeric forest at an altitude of . Thomas & Hedges (1998).Reproduction
''S. schuberti'' isoviparous
Oviparous animals are animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive method of most fish, amphibians, most reptiles, and all pterosaurs, dinosaurs (including birds), and ...
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References
Further reading
* Rösler H (2000). "''Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)''". ''Gekkota'' 2: 28–153. (''Sphaerodactylus schuberti'', p. 114). (in German). * Thomas R, Hedges SB (1998). "A New Gecko from the Sierra de Neiba of Hispaniola (Squamata: Gekkonidae: ''Sphaerodactylus'')". ''Herpetologica'' 54 (3): 333–336. Sphaerodactylus Endemic fauna of the Dominican Republic Reptiles of the Dominican Republic Reptiles described in 1998 Taxa named by Stephen Blair Hedges {{Sphaerodactylus-stub