Biology:Boulenger's bow-fingered gecko
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Short description: Species of lizard
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Cyrtodactylus |
| Species: | C. loriae
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| Cyrtodactylus loriae (Boulenger, 1897)
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Boulenger's bow-fingered gecko (Cyrtodactylus loriae) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Papua New Guinea.[2]
Etymology
The specific name, loriae, is in honor of Italian ethnologist Lamberto Loria.[3]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of C. loriae is forest, at altitudes of 500–1,500 m (1,600–4,900 ft).[1]
Reproduction
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tallowin, O.; Oliver, P.; Parker, F. (2017). "Cyrtodactylus loriae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T42482687A42482694. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T42482687A42482694.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42482687/42482694. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Cyrtodactylus loriae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2018.
- ↑ 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. (Cyrtodactylus loriae, p. 160).
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1897). "An account of the Reptiles and Batrachians collected by Dr. L. Loria in British New Guinea". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie Seconda 18 (38): 694-710 + Plates VI-VIII. (Gymnodactylus loriae, new species, pp. 695–696 + Plate VI, figures a-d).
- de Rooij N (1915). The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. I. Lacertilia, Chelonia, Emydosauria. Leiden: E.J. Brill. xiv + 384 pp. (Gymnodactylus loriae, p. 16).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Cyrtodactylus loriae, p. 66). (in German).
Wikidata ☰ Q3009307 entry
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