Biology:Cyrtodactylus caovansungi

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Short description: Species of lizard

Cyrtodactylus caovansungi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtodactylus
Species:
C. caovansungi
Binomial name
Cyrtodactylus caovansungi
Orlov, T.Q. Nguyen, Nazarov, Ananjeva & N.S. Nguyen, 2007

Cyrtodactylus caovansungi is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Vietnam.

Etymology

The specific name, caovansungi, is in honor of Vietnamese biologist Cao Van Sung.[1][2]

Geographic range

C. caovansungi is found in southern Vietnam, in Ninh Thuan Province[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. caovansungi is forest at an altitude of 400 m (1,300 ft).[3]

Description

Relatively large for its genus, C. caovansungi may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 9.4 cm (3.7 in), plus a tail length of 12 cm (4.7 in).[1]

Reproduction

C. caovansungi is oviparous.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Cyrtodactylus caovansungi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2018.
  2. 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 caovansungi, p. 47).
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Further reading

  • Orlov N, Nguyen TQ, Nazarov RA, Ananjeva NB, Nguyen NS (2007). "A New Species of the Genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 and Redescription of Cyrtodactylus paradoxus (Darevsky et Szczerbak, 1997) [Squamata: Sauria: Gekkonidae] from South Vietnam". Russian Journal of Herpetology 14 (2): 145–152. (Cyrtodactylus caovansungi, new species).


Wikidata ☰ Q3009233 entry