Sphaerodactylus parkeri explained

Sphaerodactylus parkeri, also known commonly as Parker's least gecko or the southern Jamaica banded sphaero, is a small species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Jamaica.

Etymology

The specific name, parkeri, is in honor of English herpetologist Hampton Wildman Parker.^[1]

Habitat

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

Reproduction

S. parkeri is oviparous.

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).

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 parkeri, p. 200).