Striped Caribbean gecko

Striped Caribbean gecko
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Sphaerodactylidae
Genus:	Aristelliger
Species:	A. barbouri
Binomial name
	Aristelliger barbouri; (Noble & Klingel, 1932)
Synonyms
	Aristelligella barbouri ; Noble & Klingel, 1932; Aristelliger cochranae barbouri ; — Hecht, 1951; Aristelliger barbouri ; — Schwartz, 1968;

The striped Caribbean gecko (Aristelliger barbouri), also known commonly as the Inagua croaking gecko and the Inagua gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to the Bahamas.^[3]

Etymology

The specific name, barbouri, is in honor of American herpetologist Thomas Barbour.^[4]

Geographic Range

A. barbouri is found on Great Inagua Island including Sheep Cay, Inagua District, the Bahamas.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. barbouri is shrubland.^[1]

Description

A small species of lizard, A. barbouri may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 5 cm (2.0 in). Its tail is more darkly colored than its head and body.^[3]

Reproduction

A. barbouri is oviparous.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Buckner S (2019). "Aristelliger barbouri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T203166A2761339. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T203166A2761339.en. Downloaded on 30 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b 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. (Arestelliger barbouri, p. 108).
^ ^a ^b ^c Aristelliger barbouri 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 barbouri, p. 16).

Bauer AM, Russell AP (1993). "Aristelliger barbouri ". Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (566): 1.
Noble GK, Klingel GC (1932). "The Reptiles of Great Inagua Island, British West Indies". American Museum Novitates (549): 1-25. (Aristelligella barbouri, new species, pp. 4–11, Figures 1–5).
Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Aristelliger barbouri, p. 60). (in German).
Schwartz A, Henderson RW (1991). Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. Gainesville: University of Florida Press. 720 pp. ISBN 978-0813010496. (Aristelliger barbouri, p. 358).

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[iucn-1] Buckner S (2019). "Aristelliger barbouri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T203166A2761339. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T203166A2761339.en. Downloaded on 30 April 2021.

[S&T1975-2] 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. (Arestelliger barbouri, p. 108).

[RDB-3] Aristelliger barbouri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

[4] 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 barbouri, p. 16).

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