Striped Caribbean gecko explained

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.

Etymology

The specific name, barbouri, is in honor of American herpetologist Thomas Barbour.^[1]

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.

Description

A small species of lizard, A. barbouri may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 5cm (02inches). Its tail is more darkly colored than its head and body.

Reproduction

A. barbouri is oviparous.

Further reading

• 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. . (Aristelliger barbouri, p. 358).

Notes and References

1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Aristelliger barbouri, p. 16).
2. [Albert Schwartz (zoologist)|Schwartz A]