Ramsden's least gecko

Ramsden'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. ramsdeni
Binomial name
Sphaerodactylus ramsdeni Ruibal, 1959

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

Etymology

The specific name, ramsdeni, is in honor of herpetologist Charles Theodore Ramsden (1876–1951),^[3] who collected the holotype in 1914.^[4]

Habitat

The preferred habitat of S. ramsdeni is forest.^[1]

Description

S. ramsdeni has a very large rostral which is bordered posteriorly by six scales. The scales between the orbits are smooth. The dorsal scales are small. The ventrals are smooth. The posterior margin of each caudal is convex.^[4]

Reproduction

S. ramsdeni is oviparous.^[2]

References

1. Fong, A. (2017). "Sphaerodactylus ramsdeni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T75605827A75607879. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T75605827A75607879.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Sphaerodactylus ramsdeni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Sphaerodactylus ramsdeni, p. 216).
4. Ruibal (1959).

Further reading

• Rösler H (2000). "Kommentiert Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Sphaerodactylus ramsdeni, p. 113). (in German).
• Ruibal R (1959). "A New Species of Sphaerodactylus from Oriente, Cuba". Herpetologica 15 (2): 89–93. (Sphaerodactylus ramsdeni, new species).
• 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 ramsdeni, p. 524).
• 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 ramsdeni, p. 160).