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Island Least Gecko
Sphaerodactylus sputator
The island least gecko (Sphaerodactylus sputator) is a species of lizard belonging to the family Sphaerodactylidae, the least geckos or sphaeros. This gecko is endemic to the northern Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean.
From the article Island least gecko on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The island least gecko is a relatively large species of Sphaerodactylus with a background colour of light brown marked with white crossbands with brown edges and dark brown blotches or brown longitudinal stripes.
Range & habitat
The island least gecko is endemic to the northern islands of the Lesser Antilles, on Anguilla, St Kitts and Nevis, Saint Martin, Saint Barthélemy and Sint Eustatius, and their associated satellite islands. It was rediscovered on Saba in 2021, after last being recorded in 1963.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
In human culture
The island least gecko is the type species of the genus Sphaerodactylus, a combination of the Greek sphaira, meaning "a ball", or sphairion, which means "a little ball", with dactylos, meaning "finger", seemingly an allusion to round tips to the toes. The specific name, sputator, means "spitter" in Latin.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 33831.