Vincent's least gecko

Vincent's least gecko (Sphaerodactylus vincenti) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to the Caribbean.

Vincent's least gecko
1921 illustration of specimen from Saint Vincent
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Sphaerodactylidae
Genus:	Sphaerodactylus
Species:	S. vincenti
Binomial name
Sphaerodactylus vincenti Boulenger, 1891

Geographic range

S. vincenti is found on the Windward Islands except for the southernmost island in the chain — Grenada, namely, on the islands of Dominica, Martinique, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred habitats of S. vincenti are forest and shrubland.^[1] Population density is greatest in moist, shaded leaf-litter. These microhabitats provide shelter, access to prey, and protection against desiccation.^[3]

Reproduction

S. vincenti is oviparous.^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, vincenti, refers to the island of Saint Vincent.^[4]

Subspecies

Including the nominotypical subspecies, ten subspecies are recognized as being valid.^[2]

• Sphaerodactylus vincenti adamas Schwartz, 1964
• Sphaerodactylus vincenti diamesus Schwartz, 1964
• Sphaerodactylus vincenti festus Barbour, 1915
• Sphaerodactylus vincenti josephinae Schwartz, 1964
• Sphaerodactylus vincenti monilifer Barbour, 1921
• Sphaerodactylus vincenti paulmarinae Breuil, 2013
• Sphaerodactylus vincenti pheristus Schwartz, 1964
• Sphaerodactylus vincenti psammius Schwartz, 1964
• Sphaerodactylus vincenti ronaldi Schwartz, 1964
• Sphaerodactylus vincenti vincenti Boulenger, 1891

References

1. Henderson, R.W.; Powell, R.; Dewynter, M. (2016). "Sphaerodactylus vincenti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T82164818A71746898. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T82164818A71746898.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Species Sphaerodactylus vincenti at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
3. Steinberg, David S.; Powell, Sylvia D.; Powell, Robert; Parmerlee, John S.; Henderson, Robert W. (2007). "Population Densities, Water-loss Rates, and Diets of Sphaerodactylus vincenti on St. Vincent, West Indies". Journal of Herpetology. 41 (2): 330–336.
4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Sphaerodactylus vincenti, p. 275).

Further reading

• Barbour T (1921). "Sphaerodactylus ". Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 47 (3): 215-282 + Plates 1-26. (Sphaerodactylus vincenti, pp. 270–271 + Plate 9, figure 3; Plate 26, figures 1–4).
• Boulenger GA (1891). "On Reptiles, Batrachians, and Fishes from the Lesser West Indies". Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1891: 351–357. (Sphærodactylus vincenti, new species, p. 354).
• Malhotra, Anita; Thorpe, Roger S. (1999). Reptiles & Amphibians of the Eastern Caribbean. Macmillan Education Ltd. pp. 46–47, 101, 91, 93. ISBN 0-333-69141-5.
• Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Sphaerodactylus vincenti, p. 114). (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. ISBN 978-0813010496. (Sphaerodactylus vincenti, p. 544).
• 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 vincenti, pp. 163–164).

External links

• Media related to Sphaerodactylus vincenti at Wikimedia Commons
• Sphaerodactylus vincenti at the Encyclopedia of Life