Sphaerodactylus ariasae

• Jaragua sphaero or the Jaragua dwarf gecko

As you probably guess, the Sphaerodactylus ariasae is the world’s smallest species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae, which only grows to 16 mm. They can be found in the British Virgin Islands.

When it comes to their reproduction process, this species of lizard is regarded as oviparous – which means that they lay eggs with little or no other embryonic development within the mother.

This creature was discovered in 2001 by two biologists, Blair Hedges and Richard Thomas, issue of the Caribbean Journal of Science.