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Aristelliger georgeensis (BOCOURT, 1873)

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Higher TaxaSphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Saint George Island Croaking Gecko, Saint George Island Gecko
S: Gecko de la Isla San Mocquard 
SynonymIdiodactylus georgeensis BOCOURT 1873:41
Aristelliger irregularis COPE 1885: 387
Aristelliger georgeensis — SCHMIDT 1941
Idiodactylus georgiensis — GUIBÉ 1954: 17
Aristelliger georgeensis — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 361
Aristelliger georgeensis — LINER 1994
Aristelliger georgeensis — RÖSLER 1995: 97
Aristelliger georgeensis — KÖHLER 2000: 45
Aristelliger georgeensis — MCNISH 2011 
DistributionHonduras, Mexico (Quintana Roo, Cozumel), Belize,
St. George Island, Colombia (Isla de Providencia, Sta. Catalina, Crab Cay, San Andres), Swan Islands

Type locality: St. George Island near Belize.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: MNHN-RA 2442 and MNHN-RA 2442A-C
Holotype: USNM 13903 [Aristelliger irregularis] 
Diagnosis 
CommentAuthorship: RÖSLER 2000 gives DUMÉRIL & BOCOURT (1870) as authors.

Synonymy: Guibé synonymized this species with A. praesignis. 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality, Saint George Island. 
References
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  • Bocourt, M. E. 1873. In: A. Duméril, M. F. Bocourt, and F. Mocquard, (1870-1909), Etudes sur les reptiles, p. i-xiv; In Recherches Zoologiques pour servir a l'Histoire de Ia Faune de l'Amérique Centrale et du Mexique. Mission Scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amérique Ce Imprimerie Impériale, Paris, Livr. 2-15, pp. 33-860. - get paper here
  • Carvajal-Cogollo, J.E.; L.E. Rojas-Murcia. & G. Cárdenas-Arévalo 2020. Reptiles del Caribe colombiano/ Reptiles of the Colombian Caribbean. Tunja: Editorial UPTC, 268 pp. - get paper here
  • Charruau, Pierre; Aníbal H. Díaz de la Vega Pérez, and Fausto R. Méndez de la Cruz 2015. Reptiles of Banco Chinchorro: Updated List, Life History Data, and Conservation [Quintana Roo, Mexico] Southwestern Naturalist 60(4):299-312 - get paper here
  • Cope, E.D. 1885. A contribution to the herpetology of Mexico. Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 22: 379-404 - get paper here
  • Duellman, W.E. 1965. Amphibians and reptiles from the Yucatán Peninsula, México. Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist. 15: 577-614. - get paper here
  • González-Sánchez, V. H., J. D. Johnson, E. García-Padilla, V. Mata-Silva, D. L. DeSantis and L. D. Wilson. 2017. The Herpetofauna of the Mexican Yucatan Peninsula: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Mesoamerican Herpetology 4(2): 264–380 - get paper here
  • Hedges SB, Powell R, Henderson RW, Hanson S, and Murphy JC 2019. Definition of the Caribbean Islands biogeographic region, with checklist and recommendations for standardized common names of amphibians and reptiles. Caribbean Herpetology 67: 1–53
  • Köhler, G. 2000. Reptilien und Amphibien Mittelamerikas, Bd 1: Krokodile, Schildkröten, Echsen. Herpeton Verlag, Offenbach, 158 pp.
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  • Lee, J.C. 1996. The amphibians and reptiles of the Yucatán Peninsula. Comstock, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 500 pp.
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  • McNish, T. 2011. La fauna del archipiélago de San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina, Colombia, Sudamérica. Colomba Andina de Impresos, ISBN 978-958-99518-1-1
  • Peters, James A. 1953. Snakes and lizards from Quintana Roo, México. Lloddia 16 (3): 227-232
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
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  • Schmidt, K.P. 1941. The amphibians and reptiles of British Honduras. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Zool. Ser. 22 (8): 475-510. - get paper here
  • Schmidt, Walter 1993. Notes on Aristelliger georgeensis. Dactylus 1 (4): 5-7
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  • White, B.A., Gray, L.N., Pavón-Vázquez, C.J., Garcia-Vázquez, U.O. & Harrison, A.S. 2017. Aristelliger georgeensis (Saint George Island Gecko) Diet. Herpetological Review 48 (3): 637. - get paper here
 
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