Biology:Cyrtodactylus gordongekkoi

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Short description: Species of lizard

Cyrtodactylus gordongekkoi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtodactylus
Species:
C. gordongekkoi
Binomial name
Cyrtodactylus gordongekkoi
(Das, 1994)
Cyrtodactylus gordongekkoi distribution.png
Synonyms[1]
  • Cnemaspis gordongekko
    Das, 1994
  • Cyrtodactylus gordongekkoi
    — Biswas, 2007

Cyrtodactylus gordongekkoi is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Lombok in Indonesia.[2][1]

Etymology

The specific name, gordongekkoi, jokingly refers to Gordon Gekko, a character in the film Wall Street.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. gordongekkoi is forest.[2]

Reproduction

C. gordongekkoi is oviparous.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Cyrtodactylus gordongekkoi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2018.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named iucn status 19 November 2021
  3. 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 gordongekkoi, p. 104).

Further reading

  • Biswas S (2007). "Assignment of currently misplaced Cnemaspis gordongekkoi Das, 1993 (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) to Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827". Russian Journal of Herpetology 14 (1): 15–20. (Cyrtodactylus gordongekkoi, new combination).
  • Das I (1994). "Cnemaspis gordongekkoi, a new gecko from Lombok, Indonesia, and the biogeography of oriental species of Cnemaspis (Squamata: Sauria: Gekkonidae)". Hamadryad 18: 1–9. (Cnemaspis gordongekkoi, new species).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Cnemaspis gordongekkoi, p. 62). (in German).


Wikidata ☰ Q3009272 entry