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Sphaerodactylus ariasae

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Kingdom
  
Class
  
Family
  
Gekkonidae

Scientific name
  
Rank
  
Length
  
1.6 – 1.8 cm (Adult)

Subphylum
  
Vertebrata

Suborder
  
Lacertilia

Subfamily
  
Gekkoninae

Phylum
  
Order
  
Scaled reptiles

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Sphaerodactylus ariasae, the Jaragua sphaero or dwarf gecko, is a very small species of animal in the Sphaerodactylus genus. It is one of the world's two smallest known reptiles (the other is the S. parthenopion, native to the British Virgin Islands). The Jaragua sphaero measures 16–18 mm from the snout to the base of the tail and can fit on a US 25-cent coin. Its range is believed to be limited to Jaragua National Park in the extreme southwest of the Dominican Republic and the nearby forested Beata Island.

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The species was first described by Blair Hedges, a Pennsylvania State University evolutionary biologist, and Richard Thomas, a University of Puerto Rico biologist, in the December 2001 issue of the Caribbean Journal of Science.

Sphaerodactylus ariasae Jaragua Sphaero Sphaerodactylus ariasae On RD 5 Pesos Flickr

The Jaragua sphaero's Binomial name was chosen in honor of herpetologist Yvonne Arias, the leader of the Dominican conservation organization Grupo Jaragua, which was instrumental in securing the environmental protection of Jaragua National Park.

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Sphaerodactylus ariasae The Hunt for Sphaerodactylus ariasae Prelude

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References

Sphaerodactylus ariasae Wikipedia