Aristelliger praesignis

Aristelliger praesignis
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Gekkota
Family:	Sphaerodactylidae
Genus:	Aristelliger
Species:	A. praesignis
Binomial name
Aristelliger praesignis (Hallowell, 1856)
Synonyms [2]
Hemidactylus praesignis Hallowell, 1856 Aristelliger praesignis — Boulenger, 1885

Aristelliger praesignis, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Jamaica and the Cayman Islands.

Common names

Common names for Aristelliger praesignis include croaking lizard, Jamaican croaking gecko, Jamaican croaking lizard, and woodslave. ^[2]

Taxonomy

Another species, Aristelliger nelsoni , is sometimes considered to be a subspecies of Aristelliger praesignis.

Geographic range

A. praesignis is found in Jamaica including the Bogue Islands, the Morant Cays, and the Pedro Cays. It is also found in the Cayman Islands. ^[2]

Description

Dorsally, A. praesignis is brown with darker markings and white dots. Ventrally, it is whitish. It may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 9.6 cm (3.8 in), with a tail 13 cm (5.1 in) long. ^[3]

Reproduction

A. praesignis is oviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Echternacht, S.; Wilson, B.S. (2019). "Aristelliger praesignis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T203170A2761367. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T203170A2761367.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Aristelliger praesignis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
3. Boulenger (1885).

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (Aristelliger præsignis, pp. 146–147).
• Hallowell E (1856). "Notes on the Reptiles in the collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philad'a [sic]". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia8: 221-238. (Hemidactylus præsignis, new species, p. 222).
• Schwartz A, Henderson RW (1991). Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press. 720 pp. ISBN   978-0813010496. (Aristelliger praesignis, p. 364).
• 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, p. 109).