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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. 
DiagnosisUnfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 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. 
EtymologyNamed after Max K. Hecht (1925-). 
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
  • 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
  • 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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