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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Gekkota
Infraordo: Gekkomorpha
Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Aristelliger
Species (9): A. barbouri - A. cochranae - A. expectatus - A. georgeensis - A. hechti - A. lar – A. nelsoni – A. praesignis - A. reyesi

Name

Aristelliger Cope, 1862: 496

Type species: Aristelliger lar Cope, 1862, by subsequent designation by Dunn & Dunn (1940: 72).

Synonyms

Aristelligella Noble & Klingel, 1932: 4
Type species: Aristelligella barbouri Noble & Klingel, 1932, by original designation.

References
Primary references

Cope, E.D. [1861] 1862. On the Genera Panolopus, Centropyx, Aristelliger and Sphaerodactylus. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 494–500. BHL Reference page.
Noble, G.K. & Klingel, G.C. 1932. The reptiles of Great Inagua Island, British West Indies. American Museum Novitates no. 549: 1–25. hdl: 2246/4056 Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2021. Aristelliger . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 21 June 2018.

Vernacular names
English: Croaking Geckos

Aristelliger is a genus of Caribbean geckos in the family Sphaerodactylidae,[1] commonly known as croaking geckos or Caribbean geckos. The nine named species in the genus are native to various islands in the West Indies, though the species A. georgeensis is also found on mainland Belize. Aristelliger species are nocturnal and mostly arboreal, occupying palm tree trunks and other vertical surfaces. They are among the largest neotropical geckos, with A. lar reaching up to 135 mm (5.3 inches) in snout-vent-length (not including the tail).[2] They are primarily insectivorous, feeding on a variety of arthropods. Cannibalism of eggs and hatchlings has been reported in A. cochranae. A. lar is omnivorous, and may be an important seed disperser for fruits of the plant Marcgravia.[3] Many species of Aristelliger are accustomed to living among human structures, though several are threatened by urban and agricultural development or invasive species.
Species
List of species

Image Species Taxon author Common name(s) Distribution IUCN status
A. barbouri (Noble & Klingel, 1932)[4] Inagua croaking gecko, striped Caribbean gecko Inagua (Bahamas) Data Deficient
A. cochranae Grant, 1931 Cochran's Caribbean gecko, Navassa croaking gecko Navassa Island Least Concern
A. expectatus Cochran, 1933 Hispaniolan desert croaking gecko Southwest Hispaniola and surrounding islands Least Concern
Aristelliger georgeensis 14639962.jpg A. georgeensis (Bocourt, 1873) Saint George Island gecko Coastal Belize and surrounding islands, southernmost Quintana Roo (Mexico), Swan Islands (Honduras), Providencia and San Andrés (Colombia) Least Concern
A. hechti Schwartz & Crombie, 1975 Caicos croaking gecko North Caicos, East Caicos, various nearby cays (Turks and Caicos Islands) Vulnerable
Aristelliger lar 65570492.jpg A. lar Cope, 1862 Hispaniolan giant croaking gecko, spotted Caribbean gecko Hispaniola and surrounding islands Near Threatened
A. nelsoni (Barbour, 1914) Swan Islands croaking gecko Swan Islands (Honduras) Endangered
Aristelliger praesignis 15071705.jpg A. praesignis (Hallowell, 1856) Croaking lizard, woodslave, Jamaican croaking gecko Jamaica and the Cayman Islands Least Concern
A. reyesi Díaz & Hedges, 2009 Reyes' Caribbean gecko, Cuban croaking gecko Península de Hicacos (Cuba) Critically Endangered

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Aristelliger.
References

Gamble, Tony; Bauer, Aaron M.; Greenbaum, Eli; Jackman, Todd R. (21 August 2007). "Evidence for Gondwanan vicariance in an ancient clade of gecko lizards". Journal of Biogeography: 070821084123003––. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01770.x.
Bauer, A.M.; Russell, A.P. (1993). "Aristelliger lar". In Price, Andrew H. (ed.). Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. pp. 570.1–570.3.
DeBoer, Jonathan C.; Griffing, Aaron H.; Iyengar, Vikram K.; Bauer, Aaron M. (2018). "New dietary records for croaking lizards of the genus Aristelliger (Reptilia: Sphaerodactylidae)" (PDF). Caribbean Herpetology. 62: 1–8. doi:10.31611/ch.62.

Noble GK, Klingel GC (1932). "The Reptiles of Great Inagua Island, British West Indies". American Museum Novitates (549): 1-25. (Aristelligella barbouri, new genus and species, pp. 4-11, Figures 1-5).[1] [2]

Further reading

Cope ED (1862). "On the Genera Panoplus, Centropyx, Aristelliger and Sphærodactylus ". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 13: 494-500. (Aristelliger, new genus, pp. 496–497).

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