Sphaerodactylus levinsi explained

Sphaerodactylus levinsi, also known commonly as the Desecheo gecko or the Isla Desecheo least gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae . The species is endemic to Desecheo Island in Puerto Rico.

Etymology

The specific name, levinsi, is in honor of American theoretical ecologist Richard Levins.^[1]

Habitat

The preferred habitat of S. levinsi is forest at altitudes of 0-

Description

The holotype of S. levinsi has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 28.2mm.^[2]

Reproduction

S. levinsi is oviparous.

Further reading

• Heatwole H (1968). "Herpetogeography of Puerto Rico. V. Description of a New Species of Sphaerodactylus from Desecheo Island". Breviora (292): 1–6. (Sphaerodactylus levins, new species).
• Meier AJ, Noble RE (1990). "Notes on the Status and Habits of the Desecheo Gecko, Sphaerodactylus levinsi ". Journal of Herpetology 24 (4): 426–428).
• Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha) ". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Sphaerodactylus levinsi, p. 112). (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 levinsi, p. 504).
• 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 levinsi, p. 153).

Notes and References

1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Sphaerodactylus levinsi, p. 156).
2. Heatwole (1968).