Aristelliger hechti

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Lacertilia Infraordo: Gekkota Parvordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Aristelliger
Species: Aristelliger hechti

Name

Aristelliger hechti Schwartz & Crombie, 1975: 308

• Holotype: USNM 195844, adult ♂, collected by Donald W. Burden on 28 March 1972.
• Type locality: “Little Ambergris Cay, Caicos Islands”.

Native distribution areas

• Turks & Caicos Islands: North Caicos and East Caicos, and Big and Little Ambergris Cays, French Cay, and Six Hills Cays.

References

Primary references

• Schwartz, A. & Crombie, R.I. 1975. A new species of the genus Aristelliger (Sauria: Geckkonidae) from the Caicos Islands. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 88: 305–313. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• MacLean, W.P., Kellner, R. & Dennis, H. 1977. Island lists of West Indian amphibians and reptiles. Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service no. 40: 1–47. BHL Reference page. 
• Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1988. West Indian amphibians and reptiles: A check-list. Milwaukee Public Museum Contributions in Biology and Geology no. 74: 1–264. ISBN 978-0893261566 Reference page. 
• Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. University of Florida Press: Gainesville. xiv + 720 p. ISBN 9780813010496 Reference page. 
• Powell, R., Henderson, R.W., Adler, K. & Dundee, H.A. 1996. An annotated checklist of West Indian amphibians and reptiles. pp. 51–93 + 8 pls. In Powell, R. & Henderson, R.W. (eds.). Contributions to West Indian Herpetology: A Tribute to Albert Schwartz. Contributions to Herpetology. Volume 12. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles: Ithaca, New York. 457 pp. ISBN 9780916984373 Reference page. 
• Henderson, R.W. & Powell, R. 2009. Natural History of West Indian Reptiles and Amphibians. University Press of Florida: Gainesville, Florida. 495 pp. ISBN 9780813033945 Reference page. 
• Powell, R. & Henderson, R.W. 2012. Island lists of West Indian amphibians and reptiles. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 51(2): 85–166. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Aristelliger hechti. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 11 June 2023.
• Reynolds, R. & Hedges, B. 2016. IUCN: Aristelliger hechti  (Vulnerable) (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T203169A115347895. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T203169A2761360.en. Accessed on 11 June 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Caicos Gecko