Aristelliger hechti

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Aristelliger hechti
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Aristelliger
Species:
A. hechti
Binomial name
Aristelliger hechti
Schwartz & Crombie, 1975

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]

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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

A. hechti is oviparous. [2]

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References

  1. 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. 1 2 3 Aristelliger hechti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. 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).

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