Juventud least gecko explained

The Juventud least gecko (Sphaerodactylus oliveri) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to the West Indies.

Etymology

The specific name, oliveri, is in honor of American herpetologist James Arthur Oliver.^[1]

Geographic range

S. oliveri is found in Cuba and the Bahamas.

Habitat

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

Reproduction

S. oliveri is oviparous.

Further reading

• Grant C (1944). "New sphaerodactyls from Cuba and the Isle of Pines". Herpetologica 2: 118–125. (Sphaerodactylus oliveri, new species, p. 18).
• Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Sphaerodactylus oliveri, 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 oliveri, p. 518).
• 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 oliveri, p. 159).

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 oliveri, p. 194).