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Sphaerodactylus ariasae
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Sphaerodactylus ariasae
Sphaerodactylus ariasae
, the
Jaragua sphaero
or
dwarf gecko
, is a very small
Gekkonidae
species
in the
Sphaerodactylus
genus
. It is one of the world's two
smallest known reptiles
(the other is the
S. parthenopion
, native to the
British Virgin Islands
). The Jaragua sphaero measures 16–18 mm from the snout to the base of the tail and can fit on a
US 25-cent coin
. Its
range
is believed to be limited to
Jaragua National Park
in the extreme southwest of the
Dominican Republic
and the nearby forested
Beata Island
.
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