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Issue: Vol. 2028 No. 1: 6 Mar. 2009
Type: Article
Published: 2009-03-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2028.1.3
Page range: 31–40
Abstract views: 269
PDF downloaded: 2

First record of the genus Aristelliger (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) in Cuba, with the description of a new species

Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Cuba. Apartado Postal 2349, La Habana 2, CP 10 200
Department of Biology, 208 Mueller Lab, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
Reptilia Aristelligella West Indies Península de Hicacos Varadero

Abstract

The genus Aristelliger comprises seven species of which six inhabit the West Indies, and one occurs in Central America and satellite islands. For the first time, the genus is reported from Cuba, and a new species (Aristelliger reyesi sp. n.) is described from that island. The new taxon has affinities with the smaller species of the genus (subgenus Aristelligella): A. expectatus, A. cochranae, and A. barbouri. It differs from them in color pattern and other morphological characters.

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