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Aristelliger lar COPE, 1862

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Higher TaxaSphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Hispaniolan Giant Croaking Gecko, Spotted Caribbean Gecko 
SynonymAristelliger lar COPE 1862: 497
Aristelliger lar — BOULENGER 1885: 147
Aristelliger lar — COCHRAN 1941
Aristelliger titan HECHT 1951 (fide ESTES 1983)
Aristelliger lar — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 363
Aristelliger lar — RÖSLER 2000: 60
Aristelliger lar — RÖSLER 2018: 71 
DistributionHaiti, Hispaniola (Jeremi)

Type locality: Near Jérémie, Département de la Grand' Anse, Haiti.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MCZ 3607 (in catalogue as 25425) 
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CommentIllustrations: see Hassler, 1930; Cochran, 1941; Hecht, 1951.

Type species: Aristelliger lar is the type species of the genus Aristelliger COPE 1861.

Diet: see DeBoer et al. 2018.

Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin “lar”, a Roman household deity. The name may refer to the finding of the original specimen in a house.

The genus name Aristelliger is a combination derived from the Greek ari- (= "good" or 'excellent") and the Latin stella (= "star"), in apparent reference to the prominent pale centers of the scapular ocelli which are typical components of the color pattern of members of this genus, including the type species, A. lar. (Bauer & Russell 1993) 
References
  • Bauer, A. M. and A. P. Russell 1993. Aristelliger lar. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (570) - get paper here
  • Bauer, A.M. and A.P. Russell 1993. Aristelliger. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (565): 1-4 - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp. - get paper here
  • Cochran, D.M. 1941. The herpetology of Hispaniola. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 177: vii + 398 pp. - get paper here
  • Cope, E.D. 1862. On the genera Panolopus, Centropyx, Aristelliger and Sphaerodactylus. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 13: 494-500. [1861] - get paper here
  • DeBoer JC, Griffing AH, Iyengar VK, Bauer AM. 2018. New dietary records for croaking lizards of the genus Aristelliger (Reptilia: Sphaerodactylidae). Caribbean Herpetology 62, 1-8 - get paper here
  • DÍAZ, LUIS M. & S. BLAIR HEDGES 2009. First record of the genus Aristelliger (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) in Cuba, with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 2028: 31-40 - get paper here
  • Ebel, R., Broeckhoven, C., Stanley, E. L., Ramm, T., & Keogh, J. S. 2025. Dermal armour in lizards: osteoderms more common than presumed. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 204(3), zlaf070 - get paper here
  • Estes, R. 1983. Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie, Teil 10A, Sauria terrestria, Amphisbaenia. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart.
  • Griffing, A. H., Paluh, D. J., DeBoer, J. C., Daza, J. D., Gamble, T., Russell, A. P., & Bauer, A. M. 2025. Diversity and development of the hemibacula of croaking geckos (Sphaerodactylidae: Aristelliger). Journal of Anatomy - get paper here
  • Griffing, Aaron H., Alberto L. Lòpez-Torres, Miguel A. Landestoy, Juan D. Daza and Aaron M. Bauer 2016. Aristelliger lar (Spotted Caribbean Gecko) Communal retreat behavior. Herpetological Review 47 (2): 293-294 - get paper here
  • Hassler, W.G. 1930. Digging for lizard nests. Nat. Hist. 30:409-20.
  • Hecht, M.K. 1951. Fossil lizards of the West Indian genus Aristelliger (Gekkonidae). American Museum Novitates (1538): 1-33 - get paper here
  • Keating, S. E., Griffing, A. H., Nielsen, S. V., Scantlebury, D. P., & Gamble, T. 2020. Conserved ZZ/ZW sex chromosomes in Caribbean croaking geckos (Aristelliger: Sphaerodactylidae). Journal of Evolutionary Biology - get paper here
  • Powell, R. & Parmerlee, J.S. Jr. 1992. In the spotlight: Aristelliger lar COPE 1862. Dactylus 1 (3): 37-38
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
  • Rösler, H. 2018. Haftbar -- Die einzigartige Welt der Geckos. Begleitheft zur Ausstellung im Naturkundemuseum Erfurt Mai-Aug 2018, 96 pp.
  • Rösler, Herbert 2017. Gecko-Chorologie (Squamata: Gekkota). Gekkota (4): 1-160
  • Russell, A.P., Garner, A.M. 2023. Solutions to a Sticky Problem: Convergence of the Adhesive Systems of Geckos and Anoles (Reptilia: Squamata). In: Bels, V.L., Russell, A.P. (eds) Convergent Evolution. Fascinating Life Sciences. Springer, Cham - get paper here
  • Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp.
  • Uetz, P.H.; Patel, M.; Gbadamosi, Z.; Nguyen, A.; Shoope, S. 2024. A Reference Database of Reptile Images. Taxonomy 4: 723–732 - get paper here
 
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