TerreNueve least gecko explained

The Terre-Neuve least gecko (Sphaerodactylus sommeri), also known commonly as the northwest Haitian banded geckolet, is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Haiti.

Etymology

The specific name, sommeri, is in honor of American entomologist William W. Sommer.^[1]

Habitat

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

Description

The maximum recorded snout-to-vent length (SVL) of S. sommeri is 3.5cm (01.4inches) for females and 3cm (01inches) for males.^[2]

Reproduction

S. sommeri is oviparous.

Further reading

• Graham ED (1981). "A New Species of Lizard (Sphaerodactylus) from Northwestern Haiti". Journal of Herpetology 15 (3): 363–366. (Sphaerodactylus sommeri, new species).
• Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Sphaerodactylus sommeri, p. 114). (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. . (Sphaerodactylus sommeri, p. 536).

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 sommeri, p. 248).
2. Graham (1981).