| Peravia least gecko | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Gekkota |
| Family: | Sphaerodactylidae |
| Genus: | Sphaerodactylus |
| Species: | S. ocoae
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| Binomial name | |
| Sphaerodactylus ocoae | |
The Peravia least gecko (Sphaerodactylus ocoae), also known commonly as the Ocoa geckolet, is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to the Dominican Republic.
Etymology
The specific name, ocoae, refers to the Sierra de Ocoa mountain range.2
Geographic distribution
Sphaerodactylus ocoae is found in Peravia Province, Dominican Republic.3
Habitat
The preferred habitat of Sphaerodactylus ocoae is forest.1
Reproduction
Sphaerodactylus ocoae is oviparous.3
References
References
- Landestoy M, Incháustegui S, Hedges B (2016). "Sphaerodactylus ocoae (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T75605564A115488803. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T75605564A75607824.en. Downloaded on 04 March 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 ocoae, p. 193).
- Sphaerodactylus ocoae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
Further reading
Further reading
- Henderson, R.W.; Powell, R. (2009). Natural History of West Indian Reptiles and Amphibians. Gainesville, Tallahassee, Tampa, Boca Raton, Pensacola, Orlando, Miami, Jacksonville, Ft. Myers, Sarasota: University Press of Florida. ISBN 978-0-8130-3394-5. xxiv + 495 pp. (Sphaerodactylus ocoae, p. 310).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannte Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha) ". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (in German).
- Schwartz A, Henderson RW (1991). Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. Gainesville: University of Florida Press. 720 pp. ISBN 978-0813010496.
- Schwartz A, Thomas R (1977). "Two New Species of Sphaerodactylus (Reptilia, Lacertilia, Gekkonidae) from Hispaniola". Journal of Herpetology 11 (1): 61–66. (Sphaerodactylus ocoae, new species, p. 61).