Cap-Haitien least gecko explained

The Cap-Haitien least gecko (Sphaerodactylus lazelli) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Haiti.

Etymology

The specific name, lazelli, is in honor of American herpetologist James Draper "Skip" Lazell, Jr. (born 1939).^[1]

Habitat

The preferred habitat of S. lazelli is forest at sea level.

Description

The holotype of S. lazelli has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 31mm.^[2]

Reproduction

S. lazelli is oviparous.

Further reading

• Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha) ". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Sphaerodactylus lazelli, p. 112). (in German).
• Schwartz A (1983). "Part 1. Sphaerodactylus difficilis, S. clenchi, and S. lazelli ". pp. 5–30. In: Schwartz A, Thomas R (1983). "The difficilis complex of Sphaerodactylus (Sauria, Gekkonidae) of Hispaniola". Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History (22): 1-60.
• 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 lazelli, p. 502).
• 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 lazelli, p. 153).
• Shreve B (1968). "The notatus group of Sphaerodactylus (Sauria, Gekkonidae) in Hispaniola". Breviora (280): 1-28. (Sphaerodactylus lazelli, new species, pp. 8–10).

Notes and References

1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Sphaerodactylus lazelli, p. 153).
2. Shreve (1968).