Sphaerodactylus glaucus: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Squamata
Family
Sphaerodactylidae
Genus
Sphaerodactylus
Species
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
Scientific Name
Sphaerodactylus glaucus

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Sphaerodactylus glaucus

Sphaerodactylus glaucus is a species of gecko known by the common name collared dwarf gecko or least gecko. (geco-enano collarejo in Spanish). It is native to Mexico and parts of Central America, its range extending from Oaxaca and Veracruz in Mexico through Guatemala to Honduras.

This gecko has a cream-colored band bordered by two black bands around the neck. There is a similar band bordered by black spots at the base of the tail and another at the middle of the tail. It can be distinguished from S. continentalis by its dorsal scales, which are smooth rather than keeled. It is diurnal.

This species has been observed in several kinds of tropical forest, subtropical moist forest, and mangrove ecotones from sea level to 1000 meters in elevation. It is sometimes found near human habitation hiding under debris and in thatching.

This gecko is common in its range and faces no immediate major threats. It is sometimes prey and competition for the common house gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus) in human habitations, but not in wild habitat.

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Sphaerodactylus glaucus in languages:

Danish
Centralamerikansk Halsbånd-nymfegekko
English
Least Gecko
Russian
Мексиканский круглопалый геккон

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Sphaerodactylus glaucus
©Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Juan Cruzado Cortés, some rights reserved (CC-BY-SA)
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©Juan Cruzado Cortés, some rights reserved (CC-BY-SA)
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©Víctor Sánchez Garcia, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
©Víctor Sánchez Garcia, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Eddy Ay Peña, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©wilmalingle, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©mosarod, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©jauregui, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Dominic Evangelista, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Dominic Evangelista, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Dominic Evangelista, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Ernesto, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Jorge Eduardo Torres Suárez, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Hernández-Chombo Natalia, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Brad Shine, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Silvano LG, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Jorge Eduardo Torres Suárez, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Eduardo Rivera, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Eduardo Rivera, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Eduardo Rivera, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Daniel Graf, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Daniel Graf, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Jorge Eduardo Torres Suárez, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©yuritzieo, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©yuritzieo, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Elias, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Jeremy Liberman, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Jeremy Liberman, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Jeremy Liberman, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Ren-Lee Deru, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Iván Castellanos, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Alejandro Córdova, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Brian Lupin, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Juan Cruzado Cortés, some rights reserved (CC-BY-SA)
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©Fernando Arafat, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©axelvasquez20, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Dra. Laura Elvia Uribe Lara, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©albagpmf, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Nikolett Tóth, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Nikolett Tóth, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Nikolett Tóth, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
©Frank Marín, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©cecychb, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Iván Castellanos, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©dani_etxe, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©enriquekikin, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
©Berenice García, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Luis Alberto, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Luis Alberto, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Luis Mora, some rights reserved (CC-BY)
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©Luis Mora, some rights reserved (CC-BY)
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©Luis Mora, some rights reserved (CC-BY)
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©Luis Mora, some rights reserved (CC-BY)
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©Martín Sánchez Vilchis, some rights reserved (CC-BY-SA)
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
©Martín Sánchez Vilchis, some rights reserved (CC-BY-SA)
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
©Martín Sánchez Vilchis, some rights reserved (CC-BY-SA)
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©Martín Sánchez Vilchis, some rights reserved (CC-BY-SA)
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
©Luis Díaz-Gamboa, some rights reserved (CC-BY-ND)
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
©Luis Díaz-Gamboa, some rights reserved (CC-BY-ND)
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
©Luis Díaz-Gamboa, some rights reserved (CC-BY-ND)
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
©Luis Díaz-Gamboa, some rights reserved (CC-BY-ND)
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
©Luis Díaz-Gamboa, some rights reserved (CC-BY-ND)
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
©César Rodríguez Islas, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
©Erick Noe Tapia Banda, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
©Erick Noe Tapia Banda, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
©Luis Díaz-Gamboa, some rights reserved (CC-BY-ND)
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
©Luis Díaz-Gamboa, some rights reserved (CC-BY-ND)
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
©Luis Díaz-Gamboa, some rights reserved (CC-BY-ND)
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
©Luis Díaz-Gamboa, some rights reserved (CC-BY-ND)
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
©Max Caamal Toraya, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
©tatianavelasco, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
©tatianavelasco, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
©tatianavelasco, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©tatianavelasco, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Till Baum, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Till Baum, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
©Luis Díaz-Gamboa, some rights reserved (CC-BY-ND)
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
©Luis Díaz-Gamboa, some rights reserved (CC-BY-ND)
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
©Luis Díaz-Gamboa, some rights reserved (CC-BY-ND)
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©Luis Díaz-Gamboa, some rights reserved (CC-BY-ND)
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
©nicocalakmul, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
©nicocalakmul, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©nicocalakmul, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©borlado, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
©Cesar Raziel Lucio, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
©Luis Díaz-Gamboa, some rights reserved (CC-BY-ND)
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
©Luis Díaz-Gamboa, some rights reserved (CC-BY-ND)
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
©Luis Díaz-Gamboa, some rights reserved (CC-BY-ND)
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
©Luis Díaz-Gamboa, some rights reserved (CC-BY-ND)
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
©alexpacheco, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
©alexpacheco, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©alexpacheco, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©alexpacheco, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©alexpacheco, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©alexpacheco, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Luis Angel Aguilar Orea, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Luis Angel Aguilar Orea, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©heyden, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Daniel Montoya Ferrer, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Luis Díaz-Gamboa, some rights reserved (CC-BY-ND)
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©Luis Díaz-Gamboa, some rights reserved (CC-BY-ND)
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©Esaú Valdenegro-Brito, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC-SA)
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©Andy Bridges, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©alex_viera, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©marcheloi, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Juan Manuel Noh Gomez, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Juan Manuel Noh Gomez, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Juan Manuel Noh Gomez, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Juan Manuel Noh Gomez, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Juan Manuel Noh Gomez, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Juan Manuel Noh Gomez, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Juan Manuel Noh Gomez, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Rodrigo Arrazola, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Pedro E. Nahuat-Cervera, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Claudia Gasca, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©lrussoutk, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©lrussoutk, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Ana Josefa López Sandoval, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC-SA)
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©jjdc, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Ramón Trinchan, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Ramón Trinchan, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©fcocancun, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©fcocancun, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©tatianavelasco, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©tatianavelasco, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
©tatianavelasco, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©tatianavelasco, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Yass, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Yass, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
©Erick Noe Tapia Banda, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Erick Noe Tapia Banda, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Erick Noe Tapia Banda, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©Philip Schaeffer, some rights reserved (CC-BY)
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
©birds10, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
©Luis Díaz-Gamboa, some rights reserved (CC-BY-ND)
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
©Luis Díaz-Gamboa, some rights reserved (CC-BY-ND)
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
©Jan Meerman, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
©Juan Fran ヅ, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
©Juan Fran ヅ, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
©Juan Fran ヅ, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
©Juan Fran ヅ, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
©aixacolibri, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
©Victor Rodriguez-Ruano, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
©Rodrigo Arrazola, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
©Rodrigo Arrazola, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
©Rodrigo Arrazola, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
©lrussoutk, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
©lrussoutk, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
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©weilival, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
©Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
©Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

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