{{Short description|Species of lizard}} {{speciesbox | image = | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 18 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Landestoy, M. |author2=Inchaustegui, S. |author3=Hedges, B. |date=2016 |title=''Sphaerodactylus difficilis'' |volume=2016 |article-number=e.T178201A71743583 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T178201A71743583.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Sphaerodactylus | species = difficilis | authority = Barbour, 1914 | synonyms = | range_map = | range_map_caption = }} '''''Sphaerodactylus difficilis''''', also known as the '''Hispaniolan eyespot sphaero''' or '''difficult least gecko''', is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae . It is endemic to Hispaniola.<ref>{{NRDB species|genus=Sphaerodactylus|species=difficilis|accessdate=24 February 2019}}</ref> Sphaerodactylus difficilis has horizontal stripes on its body except for its head and neck when it is young, and brown spots appear on its back when it becomes an adult.<ref>Grant, C. (1952). Sexual and growth changes in the pattern of the gecko Sphaerodactylus difficilis. Copeia, 1952(3), 187–188.</ref>
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Category:Sphaerodactylus Category:Endemic fauna of Hispaniola Category:Reptiles of the Dominican Republic Category:Reptiles of Haiti Category:Reptiles described in 1914 Category:Taxa named by Thomas Barbour
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