Aristelliger lar

Aristelliger lar, also known as the Hispaniolan giant gecko and the spotted Caribbean gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to the island of Hispaniola.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, lar, refers to a Lar, an ancient Roman household god.[3]
Geographic range

A. lar is found in disjunct populations on Hispaniola, in both the Dominican Republic and Haiti.[4]
Description

A. lar attains a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about 13 cm (5.1 in).[5]
Reproduction

A. lar is oviparous.[2]
References

Landestoy, M.; Inchaustegui, S.; Hedges, B. (2016). "Aristelliger lar". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T178538A71746541. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T178538A71746541.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
Aristelliger lar at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
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 lar, p. 151).
Schwartz A, Thomas R (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Aristelliger lar, p. 108).

Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (Aristelliger lar, p. 147).

Further reading

Cope ED (1862). "On the Genera Panolopus, Centropyx, Aristelliger and Sphærodactylus ". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 494–500. (Aristelliger lar, new species, p. 497).
Schwartz A, Henderson RW (1991). Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press. 720 pp. ISBN 978-0813010946. (Aristelliger lar, p. 363).