Biology:Aristelliger hechti
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Short description: Species of lizard
| Aristelliger hechti | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Sphaerodactylidae |
| Genus: | Aristelliger |
| Species: | A. hechti
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| Aristelliger hechti Schwartz & Crombie, 1975
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Aristelliger hechti, known commonly as Hecht's Caribbean gecko or the Caicos gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to the Caicos Islands.[2]
Etymology
The specific name, hechti, is in honor of American evolutionary biologist Max Knobler Hecht (1925–2002).[3]
Geographic range
The holotype of A. hechti was collected on Little Ambergris Cay, Turks and Caicos Islands.[2]
Reproduction
References
- ↑ Reynolds R, Hedges B (2016). "Aristelliger hechti (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T203169A115347895. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T203169A2761360.en. Downloaded on 13 February 2019.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Aristelliger hechti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Aristelliger hechti, p. 119).
Further reading
- Schwartz, Albert; Crombie, Ronald I. (1975). "A New Species of the Genus Aristelliger (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from the Caicos Islands". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 88: 305–314. (Aristelliger hechti, new species).
- Schwartz, Albert; Henderson, Robert W. (1991). Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press. 720 pp. ISBN:9780813010496. (Aristelliger hechti, p. 362).
Wikidata ☰ Q2861336 entry
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