Peravia least gecko explained

The Peravia least gecko (Sphaerodactylus ocoae) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to the Dominican Republic.

Etymology

The specific name, ocoae, refers to the Sierra de Ocoa mountain range.^[1]

Geographic range

S. ocoae is found in Peravia Province, Dominican Republic.

Habitat

The preferred habitat of S. ocoae is forest.

Reproduction

S. ocoae is oviparous.

Further reading

• Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannte Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha) ". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (in German).
• Schwartz A, Henderson RW (1991). Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. Gainesville: University of Florida Press. 720 pp. .
• Schwartz A, Thomas R (1977). "Two New Species of Sphaerodactylus (Reptilia, Lacertilia, Gekkonidae) from Hispaniola". Journal of Herpetology 11 (1): 61–66. (Sphaerodactylus ocoae, new species, p. 61).

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 ocoae, p. 193).