Back ذو الإصبع الكروي Arabic ذو الاصبع الكروى ARZ Sphaerodactylus CEB Kugelfingergeckos German Sphaerodactylus Spanish Sphaerodactylus Basque گردانگشتها Persian Sphaerodactylus French Sphaerodactylus ID 땅딸이도마뱀붙이속 Korean
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| Sphaerodactylus macrolepis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Sphaerodactylidae |
| Genus: | Sphaerodactylus Wagler, 1830[1] |
Sphaerodactylus is a genus of geckos from the Americas[2] that are distinguished from other Gekkota by their small size, by their round, rather than vertical, eye pupils, and by each digit terminating in a single, round adhesive pad or scale, from which their name (Sphaero = round, dactylus = finger) is derived. All species in this genus are rather small, but two species, S. ariasae and S. parthenopion, are tiny, and – with a snout-vent length of about 1.6 cm (0.63 in) – the smallest reptiles in the world.[3]
- ^ "Sphaerodactylus ". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
- ^ Gamble T, Bauer AM, Colli GR, Greenbaum E, Jackman TR, Vitt LJ, Simons AM (2011). "Coming to America: Multiple Origins of New World Geckos". Journal of Evolutionary Biology 24: 231–244.
- ^ Pennsylvania State University (2001). World's Smallest Lizard Discovered in the Caribbean Archived 2009-02-02 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 26 January 2009.