#sphaerodactylus

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Southern Leeward Dwarf Gecko (Sphaerodactylus fantasticus), B/TL - male, TR - female, family SPhaerodactylidae, Dominica

photographs by Monica Beaird

[neechiegeckos]

Wanna see the smallest lizard you've ever seen?

Juvenile Sphaerodactylus sputator, aka Island Least Gecko

[herpsandbirds]

Barbour's Least Gecko (Sphaerodactylus torrei), family Spaerodactylidae, found in Cuba

ENDANGERED.

photographed by Austin Vivarium Studio

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Peninsula Least Gecko (Sphaerodactylus clenchi), family Sphaerodactylidae, Dominican Republic

This tiny lizard only grows to a max. snout-vent length of 2.3 cm (.9 inches).

Photograph by Antonio Tosto

[herpsandbirds]

Do you perchance have any teeny-tiny geckos (or adjacent)? We're talking teensy eensie. Microscopic, even. If you would be so inclined?

I have a couple of tony friends for you...

Union Island Gecko (Gonatodes daudini), family Sphaerodactylidae, found on Union Island in St. Vincent & the Grenadines.

CRITICALLY ENDAGERED.

photograph by Jacob Bock

Jaragua Dwarf Gecko (Sphaerodactylus ariasae), family Sphaerodactylidae, found only in the Jaragua National Park in southern Dominican Republic

The smallest reptile in the world, growing to only 18 mm (0.71 in) in length.

photograph by M.R.Bobadilla 

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Atlas Day Gecko (Quedenfeldtia moerens), family Sphaerodactylus, Sidi Ifni, Morocco

Photograph by Marco Caetano

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Island Least Gecko (Sphaerodactylus sputator), family Sphaerodactylidae, found in the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean

photograph by Reptiles4all

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Fantastic Least Gecko (Sphaerodactylus fantasticus), male, family Sphaerodactylidae, Basse-Terre, western Guadeloupe

photograph by Marcos Rodríguez Bobadilla