Antigua least gecko

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

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.

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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