Aristelliger nelsoni

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Aristelliger nelsoni
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Aristelliger
Species:
A. nelsoni
Binomial name
Aristelliger nelsoni
Barbour, 1914
Synonyms [2]
  • Aristelliger nelsoni
    Barbour, 1914
  • Aristelliger praesignis nelsoni
    Hecht, 1951
  • Aristelliger nelsoni
    Powell & Henderson, 2012

Aristelliger nelsoni is a species of gecko in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to the Swan Islands of Honduras. [2] It was often considered a subspecies of Aristelliger praesignis prior to genetic testing establishing it as a separate species. [2] It is rated as Endangered by the IUCN, owing to its small geographic range and strong recent population decline. This population decline is likely a result of competition with Hemidactylus frenatus (the Asian house gecko), which was introduced to Great Swan Island in 2007. Future development of the Swan Islands by the Honduran military or commercial enterprises would also threaten the survival of the species. [1]

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Etymology

The specific name, nelsoni, is in honor of the collector of the holotype, George Nelson (born 1873) who was Chief Taxidermist at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard. [2] [3]

Distribution

A. nelsoni is found on Great Swan Island and on Little Swan Island. [4]

Description

A. nelsoni may attain a total length (including tail) of 23.5 cm (9.3 in). It has 15 lamellae under the fourth toe. [5]

Ecology

A. nelsoni is oviparous. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Townsend, J.H.; Powell, R. (2019). "Aristelliger nelsoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T75605298A75607624. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T75605298A75607624.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Aristelliger nelsoni 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. ("Nelson, G.", pp. 188–189).
  4. Schwartz A, Thomas R (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Aristelliger praesignis nelsoni, p. 109).
  5. Barbour (1914).

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