Aristelliger
| Aristelliger | |
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Aristelliger georgeensis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Sphaerodactylidae |
| Genus: | Aristelliger Cope, 1862 |
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9, see text. | |
Aristelliger is a
A. cochranae. A. lar is omnivorous, and may be an important seed disperser for fruits of the plant Marcgravia.[3]
Many species of Aristelliger are accustomed to living among human structures, though several are threatened by urban and agricultural development or invasive species.
Species
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| Image | Species | Taxon author | Common name(s) | Distribution | IUCN status
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A. barbouri
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( | Inagua croaking gecko, striped Caribbean gecko | Bahamas )
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Data Deficient
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A. cochranae
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Grant, 1931 | Cochran's Caribbean gecko, Navassa croaking gecko | Navassa Island | Least Concern
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A. expectatus
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Cochran, 1933 | Hispaniolan desert croaking gecko | Southwest Hispaniola and surrounding islands | Least Concern
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A. georgeensis
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(Bocourt, 1873) | Saint George Island gecko | Coastal Belize and surrounding islands, southernmost Quintana Roo (Mexico), Swan Islands (Honduras), Providencia and San Andrés (Colombia) | Least Concern
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| A. hechti | Schwartz & Crombie, 1975 | Caicos croaking gecko | North Caicos, East Caicos, various nearby cays (Turks and Caicos Islands) | Vulnerable | |
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A. lar | Cope, 1862 | Hispaniolan giant croaking gecko, spotted Caribbean gecko | Hispaniola and surrounding islands | Near Threatened
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| A. nelsoni | (Barbour, 1914) | Swan Islands croaking gecko | Swan Islands (Honduras) | Endangered | |
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A. praesignis | (Hallowell, 1856) | Croaking lizard, woodslave, Jamaican croaking gecko | Jamaica and the Cayman Islands | Least Concern
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A. reyesi
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Díaz & Hedges, 2009 | Reyes' Caribbean gecko, Cuban croaking gecko | Península de Hicacos (Cuba )
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Critically Endangered |
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Aristelliger.
References
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- ^ Bauer, A.M.; Russell, A.P. (1993). "Aristelliger lar". In Price, Andrew H. (ed.). Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. pp. 570.1–570.3.
- doi:10.31611/ch.62.
- ^ Noble GK, Klingel GC (1932). "The Reptiles of Great Inagua Island, British West Indies". American Museum Novitates (549): 1-25. (Aristelligella barbouri, new genus and species, pp. 4-11, Figures 1-5).[1] [2]
Further reading
- Cope ED (1862). "On the Genera Panoplus, Centropyx, Aristelliger and Sphærodactylus ". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 13: 494-500. (Aristelliger, new genus, pp. 496–497).