Aristelliger
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Aristelliger is a genus of Caribbean geckos, in the family Sphaerodactylidae [2] commonly known as croaking geckos.
Species
- Aristelliger barbouri Noble and Klingel, 1932 – Inagua gecko
- Aristelliger cochranae Grant, 1931 – Cochran's croaking gecko
- Aristelliger expectatus Cochran, 1933 – Hispaniolan desert gecko
- Aristelliger georgeensis (Bocourt, 1873) – St. George Island gecko
- Aristelliger hechti Schwartz and Crombie, 1975 – Caicos gecko
- Aristelliger lar Cope, 1861 – Hispaniolan giant gecko
- Aristelliger praesignis (Hallowell, 1856) – Jamaican croaking gecko
- Aristelliger reyesi Diaz and Hedges, 2009
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.
Further reading
- Cope. 1862. "On the Genera Panoplus, Centropyx, Aristelliger and Sphærodactylus ". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 13: 494-500. (Aristelliger, new genus, pp. 496-497).