Aristelliger reyesi

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: Aristelliger reyesi
Name

Aristelliger reyesi Díaz & Hedges, 2009

Type locality: Along the trail Los Musulmanes (23°11'37"N, 81°09'26"W), Reserva Ecológica Varahicacos, sea level (elevation 0 m), Península de Hicacos, Matanzas Province.

Holotype: MNHNCU 4665, adult male.
References

Díaz, Luis M. & S. Blair Hedges 2009: First record of the genus Aristelliger (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) in Cuba, with the description of a new species. Zootaxa, 2028: 31–40. abstract

Vernacular names
English: Reyes’ Caribbean Gecko

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.[2]
Geographic range

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

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