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Aristelliger hechti SCHWARTZ & CROMBIE, 1975

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Higher TaxaSphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Caicos Croaking Gecko, Hecht's Caribbean Gecko 
SynonymAristelliger hechti SCHWARTZ & CROMBIE 1975: 308
Aristelliger hechti — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 362
Aristelliger hechti — RÖSLER 2000: 60 
DistributionAntilles: Caicos-Islands

Type locality: Little Ambergris Cay, Caicos Islands.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: USNM 195844, adult male.
Paratypes: ASFS V27398-404, same data as holotype; USNM 81414-46, Six Hill Cay, off South Caicos, Caicos Islands, P. Bartsch, 3 August 1930; American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) 80119-24, East Six Hill Cay, Caicos Islands, G. B. Rabb and C. L. Giovannoli, 12 February 1953; ASFS 10700, East Six Hill Cay, Caicos Islands, D. C. Leber, 18 January 1961; Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) 54196-200, East Six Hill Cay, Caicos Islands, G. Underwood, 3 July 1955; University of Michigan, Museum of Zoology (UMMZ) 117390 (6 specimens), East Six Hill Cay, Caicos Islands, G. B. Rabb and C. L. Giovannoli, 12 February 1953; Lewis D. Ober Private Collection (LDO) 8-7766, Village Green, near Kew, North Caicos, Caicos Islands, George Campbell, 26 February 1974. 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1172 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentIllustrations: The first illustration of this species was published by BAUER & RUSSELL 1993. 
References
  • Bauer, A. M. and A. P. Russell. 1993. Aristelliger hechti. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (569) - get paper here
  • Bauer, A.M. and A.P. Russell 1993. Aristelliger. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (565): 1-4 - get paper here
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
  • Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp.
  • Schwartz, A. and R. I. Crombie. 1975. A new species of the genus Aristelliger (Sauria: Geckkonidae) from the Caicos Islands. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 88: 305-313. - get paper here
 
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