| Sphaerodactylus difficilis | |
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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. difficilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Sphaerodactylus difficilis Barbour, 1914
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Sphaerodactylus difficilis, also known as the Hispaniolan eyespot sphaero or difficult least gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae . It is endemic to Hispaniola.2 Sphaerodactylus difficilis has horizontal stripes on its body except for its head and neck when it is young, and brown spots appear on its back when it becomes an adult.3
References
References
- Landestoy, M.; Inchaustegui, S.; Hedges, B. (2016). "Sphaerodactylus difficilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T178201A71743583. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T178201A71743583.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- Sphaerodactylus difficilis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
- Grant, C. (1952). Sexual and growth changes in the pattern of the gecko Sphaerodactylus difficilis. Copeia, 1952(3), 187–188.