Dunn's least gecko

Dunn'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. dunni
Binomial name
Sphaerodactylus dunni Schmidt, 1936

Dunn's least gecko (Sphaerodactylus dunni) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Honduras.^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, dunni, is in honor of American herpetologist Emmett Reid Dunn.^[3]

Geographic range

S. dunni is found in northern Honduras.^[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of S. dunni is forest, at altitudes of 60–700 m (200–2,300 ft).^[1]

Description

The holotype of S. dunni has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 25 mm (0.98 in). The dorsal scales are keeled and imbricate (overlapping).^[4]

Behavior

S. dunni is terrestrial and diurnal.^[1]

Reproduction

S. dunni is oviparous.^[2]

References

1. Townsend, J.H.; Wilson, L.D.; Luque, I.; Mayer, Greg (2013). "Sphaerodactylus dunni ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T178652A1540869. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T178652A1540869.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Sphaerodactylus dunni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
3. 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 dunni, p. 77).
4. Schmidt (1936).

Further reading

• Harris DM, Kluge AG (1984). "The Sphaerodactylus (Sauria: Gekkonidae) of Middle America". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (706): 1-59. (Sphaerodactylus dunni, p. 42).
• Köhler G (2008). Reptiles of Central America, Second Edition. Offenbach, Germany: Herpeton Verlag. 400 pp. ISBN 978-3936180282.
• McCranie JR (2018). "The Lizards, Crocodiles, and Turtles of Honduras. Systematics, Distribution, and Conservation". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 15 (1): 1–129.
• Meyer JR, Wilson LD (1971). "Taxonomic Studies and Notes on some Honduran Amphibians and Reptiles". Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 70: 106–114.
• Schmidt KP (1936). "New Amphibians and Reptiles from Honduras in the Museum of Comparative Zoology". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 49: 43–50. (Sphaerodactylus dunni, new species, pp. 46–47).