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Aristelliger titan Hecht, 1951

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Invalid (synonym)

IUCN RedList status: Synonym of Aristelliger lar

 

Distribution

Jamaica

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

Holotype: AMNH 7503 ("complete left dentary")

Type locality: "The "lizard layer," Pleistocene or sub-Recent, from Dairy Cave, St. Ann Parish, Jamaica, British West Indies"

 

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References

Original scientific description:

Hecht, Max K. (1951). Fossil lizards of the West Indian genus Aristelliger (Gekkonidae). American Museum Novitates, No. 1538: 1-33.

 

Other references:

Powell, R., Hedges, S.B. & Mayer, G.C. (2010). Aristelliger lar. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 25 January 2015.

Regalado, Pedro Galán. (2015). Los Anfibios y Reptiles Extinguidos: Herpetofauna Desaparecida Desde el Año 1500. Monografías de la Universidade da Coruña 155: 1-509.

Sprackland, R. G. and Swinney, G. N. (1998) A new species of giant gecko of the genus Tarentola (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Jamaica. Journal of Zoology 245: 73-78. [Abstract]

http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/10066/aristelliger-titan

 

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