Aristelliger hechti SCHWARTZ & CROMBIE, 1975
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Higher Taxa | Sphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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Common Names | E: Caicos Croaking Gecko, Hecht's Caribbean Gecko |
Synonym | Aristelliger hechti SCHWARTZ & CROMBIE 1975: 308 Aristelliger hechti — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 362 Aristelliger hechti — RÖSLER 2000: 60 |
Distribution | Antilles: Caicos-Islands
Type locality: Little Ambergris Cay, Caicos Islands.
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Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: USNM 195844 |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | Illustrations: The first illustration of this species was published by BAUER & RUSSELL 1993. |
Etymology | Named 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
- 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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