Aristelliger

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Gekkota
Infraordo: Gekkomorpha
Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Aristelliger
Species (9): A. barbouri - A. cochranae - A. expectatus - A. georgeensis - A. hechti - A. lar – A. nelsoni – A. praesignis - A. reyesi

Name

Aristelliger Cope, 1862: 496

Type species: Aristelliger lar Cope, 1862, by subsequent designation by Dunn & Dunn (1940: 72).

Synonyms

Aristelligella Noble & Klingel, 1932: 4
Type species: Aristelligella barbouri Noble & Klingel, 1932, by original designation.

References
Primary references

Cope, E.D. [1861] 1862. On the Genera Panolopus, Centropyx, Aristelliger and Sphaerodactylus. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 494–500. BHL Reference page.
Noble, G.K. & Klingel, G.C. 1932. The reptiles of Great Inagua Island, British West Indies. American Museum Novitates no. 549: 1–25. hdl: 2246/4056 Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2021. Aristelliger . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 21 June 2018.

Vernacular names
English: Croaking Geckos

Aristelliger is a genus of Caribbean geckos in the family Sphaerodactylidae,[1] commonly known as croaking geckos or Caribbean geckos. The nine named species in the genus are native to various islands in the West Indies, though the species A. georgeensis is also found on mainland Belize. Aristelliger species are nocturnal and mostly arboreal, occupying palm tree trunks and other vertical surfaces. They are among the largest neotropical geckos, with A. lar reaching up to 135 mm (5.3 inches) in snout-vent-length (not including the tail).[2] They are primarily insectivorous, feeding on a variety of arthropods. Cannibalism of eggs and hatchlings has been reported in A. cochranae. A. lar is omnivorous, and may be an important seed disperser for fruits of the plant Marcgravia.[3] Many species of Aristelliger are accustomed to living among human structures, though several are threatened by urban and agricultural development or invasive species.
Species
List of species

Species	Taxon author	Common name(s)	Distribution	IUCN status
A. barbouri	(Noble & Klingel, 1932)^[4]	Inagua croaking gecko, striped Caribbean gecko	Inagua (Bahamas)	Data Deficient
A. cochranae	Grant, 1931	Cochran's Caribbean gecko, Navassa croaking gecko	Navassa Island	Least Concern
A. expectatus	Cochran, 1933	Hispaniolan desert croaking gecko	Southwest Hispaniola and surrounding islands	Least Concern
A. georgeensis	(Bocourt, 1873)	Saint George Island gecko	Coastal Belize and surrounding islands, southernmost Quintana Roo (Mexico), Swan Islands (Honduras), Providencia and San Andrés (Colombia)	Least Concern
A. hechti	Schwartz & Crombie, 1975	Caicos croaking gecko	North Caicos, East Caicos, various nearby cays (Turks and Caicos Islands)	Vulnerable
A. lar	Cope, 1862	Hispaniolan giant croaking gecko, spotted Caribbean gecko	Hispaniola and surrounding islands	Near Threatened
A. nelsoni	(Barbour, 1914)	Swan Islands croaking gecko	Swan Islands (Honduras)	Endangered
A. praesignis	(Hallowell, 1856)	Croaking lizard, woodslave, Jamaican croaking gecko	Jamaica and the Cayman Islands	Least Concern
A. reyesi	Díaz & Hedges, 2009	Reyes' Caribbean gecko, Cuban croaking gecko	Península de Hicacos (Cuba)	Critically Endangered

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Aristelliger.
References

Gamble, Tony; Bauer, Aaron M.; Greenbaum, Eli; Jackman, Todd R. (21 August 2007). "Evidence for Gondwanan vicariance in an ancient clade of gecko lizards". Journal of Biogeography: 070821084123003––. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01770.x.
Bauer, A.M.; Russell, A.P. (1993). "Aristelliger lar". In Price, Andrew H. (ed.). Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. pp. 570.1–570.3.
DeBoer, Jonathan C.; Griffing, Aaron H.; Iyengar, Vikram K.; Bauer, Aaron M. (2018). "New dietary records for croaking lizards of the genus Aristelliger (Reptilia: Sphaerodactylidae)" (PDF). Caribbean Herpetology. 62: 1–8. doi:10.31611/ch.62.

Noble GK, Klingel GC (1932). "The Reptiles of Great Inagua Island, British West Indies". American Museum Novitates (549): 1-25. (Aristelligella barbouri, new genus and species, pp. 4-11, Figures 1-5).[1] [2]