Aristelliger lar
| Hispaniolan giant gecko | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Sphaerodactylidae |
| Genus: | Aristelliger |
| Species: | A. lar
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| Aristelliger lar Cope, 1862
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Aristelliger lar, also known commonly 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
[edit]The specific name, lar, refers to a Lar, an ancient Roman household god.[3]
Geographic range
[edit]A. lar is found in disjunct populations on Hispaniola, in both the Dominican Republic and Haiti.[4]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of A. lar is forest, but is also found in man-made stuctures in or near forest, such as houses and hotels.[1]
Description
[edit]A. lar attains a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about 13 cm (5.1 in).[5]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c 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
[edit]- Bauer AM, Russell AP (1993). "Aristelliger lar ". Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (570): 1–3.
- 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).
- Hecht MK (1951). "Fossil Lizards of the West Indian Genus Aristelliger (Gekkonidae)". American Museum Novitates (1538): 1–33. (Aristelliger titan, new species).
- 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).
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