Beck's least gecko
| Beck's least gecko | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Sphaerodactylidae |
| Genus: | Sphaerodactylus |
| Species: | S. becki
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| Binomial name | |
| Sphaerodactylus becki Schmidt, 1919
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Beck's least gecko (Sphaerodactylus becki) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Navassa Island.[2]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, becki, is in honor of American ornithologist Rollo Howard Beck.[3]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred habitat of S. becki is dry forest.[1]
Behavior
[edit]S. becki hides in leaf litter and under rocks.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Hedges B (2016). "Sphaerodactylus becki (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T75605342A115485986. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T75605342A75607659.en. Downloaded on 26 February 2019.
- ^ a b Sphaerodactylus becki at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
- ^ 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 becki, p. 21).
Further reading
[edit]- Powell R, Ottenwalder JA, Inchaustegui SJ (1999). "The Hispaniolan Herpetofauna: Diversity, Endemism, and Historical Perspectives, with Comments on Navassa Island". pp. 93–168 In: Crother BI, editor (1999). Caribbean Amphibians and Reptiles. San Diego California: Academic Press. 495 pp. + color plates 1-8. ISBN 978-0121979553. (Sphaerodactylus becki, pp. 138, 140, 161).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha) ". Gekkota 2: 28-153. (Sphaerodactylus becki, p. 110). (in German).
- Schmidt KP (1919). "Descriptions of New Amphibians and Reptiles from Santo Domingo and Navassa". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 41: 519-525. (Sphaerodactylus becki, new species, p. 520).
- 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 becki, p. 472).
- 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 becki, p. 145).