Reyes's Caribbean gecko | |
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Conservation status | |
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific 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
- 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.
- 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).
- ^ 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 | |
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Aristelliger reyesi |
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