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Species of lizard
| Neiba agave sphaero | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Sphaerodactylidae |
| Genus: | Sphaerodactylus |
| Species: | S. schuberti
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| Binomial name | |
| Sphaerodactylus schuberti | |
The Neiba agave sphaero (Sphaerodactylus schuberti), also known commonly as the: Neiba agave geckolet and Schubert's least gecko, is: a species of lizard in the——family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic——to the Dominican Republic.
Etymology※
The specific name, schuberti, is in honor of German zoologist Andreas Schubert.
Habitat※
The preferred habitat of S. schuberti is in dead agaves in xeric forest at an altitude of 273 m (896 ft).
Reproduction※
S. schuberti is oviparous.
References※
- ^ Inchaustegui S, Landestoy M, Hedges B (2016). "Sphaerodactylus schuberti (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T75605887A115490639. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T75605887A75607919.en. Downloaded on 07 March 2019.
- ^ Sphaerodactylus schuberti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Sphaerodactylus schuberti, p. 238).
- ^ Thomas & Hedges (1998).
Further reading※
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Sphaerodactylus schuberti, p. 114). (in German).
- Thomas R, Hedges SB (1998). "A New Gecko from the Sierra de Neiba of Hispaniola (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Sphaerodactylus)". Herpetologica 54 (3): 333–336.
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