Striped Caribbean gecko

The striped Caribbean gecko (Aristelliger barbouri), also known commonly as the Inagua croaking gecko and the Inagua gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to the Bahamas.[3]

Striped Caribbean gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Aristelliger
Species:
A. barbouri
Binomial name
Aristelliger barbouri
(Noble & Klingel, 1932)
Synonyms[2]
  • Aristelligella barbouri
    Noble & Klingel, 1932
  • Aristelliger cochranae barbouri
    — Hecht, 1951
  • Aristelliger barbouri
    — Schwartz, 1968

Etymology

The specific name, barbouri, is in honor of American herpetologist Thomas Barbour.[4]

Geographic Range

A. barbouri is found on Great Inagua Island including Sheep Cay, Inagua District, the Bahamas.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. barbouri is shrubland.[1]

Description

A small species of lizard, A. barbouri may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 5 cm (2.0 in). Its tail is more darkly colored than its head and body.[3]

Reproduction

A. barbouri is oviparous.[3]

References
  1. Buckner S (2019). "Aristelliger barbouri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T203166A2761339. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T203166A2761339.en. Downloaded on 30 April 2021.
  2. 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. (Arestelliger barbouri, p. 108).
  3. Aristelliger barbouri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  4. 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 barbouri, p. 16).

Further reading
  • Bauer AM, Russell AP (1993). "Aristelliger barbouri ". Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (566): 1.
  • Noble GK, Klingel GC (1932). "The Reptiles of Great Inagua Island, British West Indies". American Museum Novitates (549): 1-25. (Aristelligella barbouri, new species, pp. 4–11, Figures 1–5).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Aristelliger barbouri, p. 60). (in German).
  • Schwartz A, Henderson RW (1991). Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. Gainesville: University of Florida Press. 720 pp. ISBN 978-0813010496. (Aristelliger barbouri, p. 358).



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