Aristelliger
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Sphaerodactylidae |
| Genus: | Aristelliger Cope, 1862 [1] |
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Aristelliger is a genus of Caribbean geckos, in the family Sphaerodactylidae [2] commonly known as croaking geckos. Aside from A. georgeensis, which is found on mainland Belize, the genus is restricted to various islands in the West Indies.
Species
- Aristelliger barbouri (Noble & Klingel, 1932)[3] – striped Caribbean gecko
- Aristelliger cochranae Grant, 1931 – Cochran's croaking gecko, Cochran's Caribbean gecko, Navassa gecko
- Aristelliger expectatus Cochran, 1933 – Hispaniolan desert gecko
- Aristelliger georgeensis (Bocourt, 1873) – St. George Island gecko
- Aristelliger hechti Schwartz & Crombie, 1975 – Caicos gecko, Hecht's Caribbean gecko
- Aristelliger lar Cope, 1862 – Hispaniolan giant gecko, spotted Caribbean gecko
- Aristelliger nelsoni (Barbour, 1914)
- Aristelliger praesignis (Hallowell, 1856) – Jamaican croaking gecko, Jamaican croaking lizard, woodslave
- Aristelliger reyesi Díaz & Hedges, 2009 - Reyes's Caribbean gecko
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Aristelliger.
References
- ^ "Aristelliger ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstieleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/sphaerodactylidae.
- ^ Gamble T, Bauer AM, Greenbaum E, Jackman TR (2008). "Evidence for Gondwanan vicariance in an ancient clade of gecko lizards". Journal of Biogeography 35 (1): 88–104.
- ^ Noble GK, Klingel GC (1932). "The Reptiles of Great Inagua Island, British West Indies". American Museum Novitates (549): 1-25. (Aristelligella barbouri, new genus and species, pp. 4-11, Figures 1-5).[1] [2]
Further reading
- Cope ED (1862). "On the Genera Panoplus, Centropyx, Aristelliger and Sphærodactylus ". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 13: 494-500. (Aristelliger, new genus, pp. 496–497).