Biology:Cyrtodactylus caovansungi
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Short description: Species of lizard
| Cyrtodactylus caovansungi | |
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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. caovansungi
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| Cyrtodactylus caovansungi Orlov, T.Q. Nguyen, Nazarov, Ananjeva & N.S. Nguyen, 2007
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Cyrtodactylus caovansungi 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 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
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