Sphaerodactylus torrei, also known commonly as Barbour's least gecko or the Cuban broad-banded geckolet, is a small species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Cuba.[2]
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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. torrei
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| Sphaerodactylus torrei Barbour, 1914
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Etymology
editThe specific name, torrei, is in honor of Cuban naturalist Carlos de la Torre y Huerta.[3]
Habitat
editDescription
editS. torrei has "very small minute granule-like" dorsal scales.[4]
Reproduction
editSubspecies
editTwo subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Fong, A. (2017). "Sphaerodactylus torrei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T178262A71743977. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T178262A71743977.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Sphaerodactylus torrei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ^ 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 torrei, p. 266).
- ^ Barbour (1914).
Further reading
edit- Barbour T (1914). "A Contribution to the Zoögeography of the West Indies, with Especial Reference to Amphibians and Reptiles". Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy 44 (2): 205–359. (Sphaerodactylus torrei, new species, p. 260).
- Grant C (1958). "A New Gekkonid Lizard (Sphaerodactylus) from Cuba". Herpetologica 14 (4): 225–227. (Sphaerodactylus spielmani, new species).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Sphaerodactylus torrei, p. 114). (in German).
- 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 torrei, p. 541).
- 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 torrei, pp. 162–163).