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Reyes's Caribbean gecko
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Aristelliger
Species: A. reyesi
Binomial name
Aristelliger reyesi
Díaz & Hedges, 2009

Reyes's Caribbean gecko (Aristelliger reyesi) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Cuba.

Etymology

The specific name, reyesi, is in honor of Cuban photographer Ernesto Reyes who discovered this species.

Geographic range

A. reyesi is known only from the Hicacos Peninsula in Matanzas Province, Cuba.

Description

A. reyesi may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 6.36 cm (2.50 in).

References

  1. Fong, A. (2017). "Aristelliger reyesi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T203171A2761392. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T203171A2761392.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 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 reyesi, p. 220).
  3. ^ Aristelliger reyesi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

Further reading

  • Díaz, Luis M.; Hedges, S. Blair (2009). "First record of the genus Aristelliger (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) in Cuba, with the description of a new species". Zootaxa 2028: 31–40. (Aristelliger reyesi, new species).
Taxon identifiers
Aristelliger reyesi
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