Antigua least gecko

The Antigua least gecko (Sphaerodactylus elegantulus) is a gecko endemic to the island nation of Antigua and Barbuda in the Caribbean Lesser Antilles, where it is found on both main islands.

Antigua least gecko
1921 illustration of specimen found on Antigua.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Sphaerodactylus
Species:
S. elegantulus
Binomial name
Sphaerodactylus elegantulus
Barbour, 1917

References

  1. Daltry, J.C. & Powell, R. 2016. Sphaerodactylus elegantulus (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T75605430A115487628. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T75605430A75607739.en. Downloaded on 28 February 2019.
  • Malhotra, Anita; Thorpe, Roger S. (1999), Reptiles & Amphibians of the Eastern Caribbean, Macmillan Education Ltd., pp. 70–71, ISBN 0-333-69141-5.


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