Aristelliger hechti

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: A. hechti
Name

Aristelliger hechti Schwartz & Crombie, 1975

Type locality: Little Ambergris Cay, Caicos Islands.

Holotype: USNM 195844.
References

Schwartz & Crombie, 1975. A new species of the genus Aristelliger (Sauria: Geckkonidae) from the Caicos Islands. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 88:305-313.
Aristelliger hechti at the New Reptile Database

Distribution

Caicos-Islands

Vernacular names
English: Hecht's Caribbean Gecko

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

A. hechti is oviparous.[2]
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.
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).