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Aristelliger hechti
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Infraorder:	Gekkota
Family:	Sphaerodactylidae
Genus:	Aristelliger
Species:	A. hechti
Binomial name
Aristelliger hechti Schwartz & Crombie, 1975

Aristelliger hechti, known commonly as Hecht's Caribbean gecko or the Caicos gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to the Caicos Islands.

Etymology

The specific name, hechti, is in honor of American evolutionary biologist Max Knobler Hecht (1925–2002).

Geographic range

The holotype of A. hechti was collected on Little Ambergris Cay, Turks and Caicos Islands.

Reproduction

A. hechti is oviparous.

References

1. Reynolds R, Hedges B (2016). "Aristelliger hechti (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T203169A115347895. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T203169A2761360.en. Downloaded on 13 February 2019.
2. ^ Aristelliger hechti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
3. 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 hechti, p. 119).

Further reading

• Schwartz, Albert; Crombie, Ronald I. (1975). "A New Species of the Genus Aristelliger (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from the Caicos Islands". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 88: 305–314. (Aristelliger hechti, new species).
• Schwartz, Albert; Henderson, Robert W. (1991). Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press. 720 pp. ISBN 9780813010496. (Aristelliger hechti, p. 362).

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