Armstrong's least gecko

Armstrong's least gecko
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. armstrongi
Binomial name
Sphaerodactylus armstrongi Noble & Hassler, 1933

Armstrong's least gecko (Sphaerodactylus armstrongi), also known commonly as the southern forest geckolet, is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to the island of Hispaniola.

Etymology

The specific name, armstrongi, is in honor of Lorenzo D. Armstrong, a patron of the American Museum of Natural History who financed the 1932 expedition on which the holotype was collected.^[2]

Geographic range

S. armstrongi is found in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of S. armstrongi is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 1,800 m (5,900 ft).^[1]

Reproduction

S. armstrongi is oviparous.^[3]

References

1. Incháustegui S, Landestoy M (2016). "Sphaerodactylus armstrongi (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T75605325A115485502. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T75605325A75607644.en. Downloaded on 26 February 2019.
2. Noble & Hassler (1933).
3. Sphaerodactylus armstrongi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.

Further reading

• Noble GK, Hassler WG (1933). "Two New Species of Frogs, Five New Species and a Race of Lizards from the Dominican Republic". American Museum Novitates (652): 1–17. (Sphaerodactylus armstrongi, new species, pp. 5–7).
• Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha) ". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Sphaerodactylus armstrongi, p. 110). (in German).
• 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 armstrongi, pp. 144–145).
• 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 armstrongi, p. 469).