Cyrtodactylus wakeorum
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| Cyrtodactylus wakeorum | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Gekkota |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Cyrtodactylus |
| Species: | C. wakeorum
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| Binomial name | |
| Cyrtodactylus wakeorum Bauer, 2003
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| File:Cyrtodactylus wakeorum distribution.png | |
Cyrtodactylus wakeorum is a species of bent-toed gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Myanmar.
Etymology
[edit | edit source]The specific name, wakeorum (genitive plural), is in honor of American herpetologists David Burton Wake and Marvalee Hendricks Wake, husband and wife.[2]
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]C. wakeorum was discovered in 2001 in Myanmar's Rakhine Yoma Elephant Range and described in 2003.[3][4]
Habitat
[edit | edit source]The preferred natural habitat of C. wakeorum is forest.[1]
Description
[edit | edit source]Small for its genus, C. wakeorum may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 6.4 cm (2.5 in).[4]
Reproduction
[edit | edit source]References
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- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).. (Cyrtodactylus wakeorum, p. 278).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (Cyrtodactylus wakeorum, new species, pp. 479–482, Figures 10–11).
- ^ a b c Cyrtodactylus wakeorum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 12 January 2020.
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