Peninsula least gecko

Peninsula least gecko
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Sphaerodactylidae
Genus:	Sphaerodactylus
Species:	S. clenchi
Binomial name
Sphaerodactylus clenchi Shreve, 1968

The peninsula least gecko (Sphaerodactylus clenchi) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to the Dominican Republic.^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, clenchi, is in honor of American malacologist William James "Bill" Clench,^[3] who collected the holotype.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of S. clenchi is forest, at elevations from sea level to 305 m (1,001 ft).^[1]

Reproduction

S. clenchi is oviparous.^[2]

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.^[2]

• Sphaerodactylus clenchi apocoptus Schwartz, 1983
• Sphaerodactylus clenchi clench Shreve, 1968

References

1. Inchaustegui S, Landestoy M, Hedges B (2016). "Sphaerodactylus clenchi (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T75605367A115486407. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T75605367A75607684.en. Downloaded on 27 February 2019.
2. Sphaerodactylus clenchi 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 clenchi, p. 55).

Further reading

• Schwartz A (1983). "Part 1. Sphaerodactylus difficilis, S. clenchi, and S. lazelli ". pp. 5–30. In: Schwartz A, Thomas R (1983). "The difficilis complex of Sphaerodactylus (Sauria, Gekkonidae) of Hispaniola". Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History (22): 1-60. (Sphaerodactylus clenchi apocoptus, new subspecies).
• 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 clenchi, p. 478).
• 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 clenchi, p. 146).
• Shreve B (1968). "The notatus group of Sphaerodactylus (Sauria, Gekkonidae) in Hispaniola". Breviora (280): 1-28. (Sphaerodactylus clenchi, new species, pp. 21–23).