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Reyes's Caribbean gecko

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Reyes's Caribbean gecko
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

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The specific name, reyesi, is in honor of Cuban photographer Ernesto Reyes who discovered this species.[2]

Geographic range

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A. reyesi is known only from the Hicacos Peninsula in Matanzas Province, Cuba.[3]

Description

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A. reyesi may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 6.36 cm (2.50 in).[3]

References

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  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. ^ a b Aristelliger reyesi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

Further reading

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  • 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).