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Sphaerodactylus armasi
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Infraorder:	Gekkota
Family:	Sphaerodactylidae
Genus:	Sphaerodactylus
Species:	S. armasi
Binomial name
Sphaerodactylus armasi Schwartz & Garrido, 1974

Sphaerodactylus armasi, also known commonly as the Guantanamo coastal gecko or the Guantanamo least gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Cuba.

Etymology

The specific name, armasi, is in honor of Cuban zoologist Luis F. de Armas.

Geographic range

S. armasi is found in Guantánamo Province in extreme southeastern Cuba.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of S. armasi is dry forest, often with Agave.

Reproduction

S. armasi is oviparous.

References

1. ^ Fong, A. (2017). "Sphaerodactylus armasi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T178309A71744917. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T178309A71744917.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. 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 armasi, p. 11).
3. ^ Sphaerodactylus armasi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.

Further reading

• Alfonso, Yasel U.; Charruau, Pierre; Fajardo, Gabriel; Estrada, Alberto R. (2012). "Interspecific communal oviposition and reproduction of three lizard species in Southeastern Cuba". Herpetology Notes 5: 73–77.
• Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha) ". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Sphaerodactylus armasi, p. 110). (in German).
• Schwartz A, Garrido OH (1974). "A new Cuban species of Sphaerodactylus (Gekkonidae) of the nigropunctatus complex". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 87: 337–344. (Sphaerodactylus armasi, new species).
• Schwartz A, Henderson RW (1991). Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. Gainesville: University of Florida Press. 720 pp. ISBN 978-0813010496. (Sphaerodactylus armasi, p. 468).
• 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 armasi, p. 144).

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