Sphaerodactylus parkeri, also known commonly as Parker's least gecko or the southern Jamaica banded sphaero, is a small species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Jamaica.
Etymology The specific name, parkeri, is in honor of English herpetologist Hampton Wildman Parker.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Sphaerodactylus parkeri, p. 200).
Habitat The preferred habitat of Sphaerodactylus parkeri is forest at altitudes of .
Reproduction Sphaerodactylus parkeri is oviparous.
References
Further reading
Grant C (1939). "Two New Sphaerodactyls from Jamaica". Copeia 1939 (1): 7–13. (Spliacrodactylus parkeri, new species, p. 8). Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Sphaerodactylus parkeri, p. 113). (in German). Schwartz A, Henderson RW (1991). Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press. 720 pp. . (Sphaerodactylus parkeri, p. 521). 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 parkeri, p. 159).