Sphaerodactylus torrei, also known commonly as Barbour's least gecko or the Cuban broad-banded geckolet, is a small species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Cuba.
Etymology The specific name, torrei, is in honor of Cuban naturalist Carlos de la Torre y Huerta.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Sphaerodactylus torrei, p. 266).
Habitat The preferred habitat of S. torrei, is forest.
Description S. torrei has "very small minute granule-like" dorsal scales.Barbour (1914).
Reproduction S. torrei is oviparous.
Subspecies Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies. Sphaerodactylus torrei spielmani Sphaerodactylus torrei torrei
References
Further reading Barbour T (1914). "A Contribution to the Zoögeography of the West Indies, with Especial Reference to Amphibians and Reptiles". Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy 44 (2): 205–359. (Sphaerodactylus torrei, new species, p. 260). Grant C (1958). "A New Gekkonid Lizard (Sphaerodactylus) from Cuba". Herpetologica 14 (4): 225–227. (Sphaerodactylus spielmani, new species). Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Sphaerodactylus torrei, p. 114). (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 torrei, p. 541). 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 torrei, pp. 162–163).