Biology:Cyrtodactylus russelli
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Short description: Species of lizard
Cyrtodactylus russelli | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gekkonidae |
Genus: | Cyrtodactylus |
Species: | C. russelli
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Binomial name | |
Cyrtodactylus russelli Bauer, 2003
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Cyrtodactylus russelli is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Myanmar.[2]
Etymology
The specific name, russelli, is in honor of Canadian herpetologist Anthony Patrick Russell (born 1947).[3]
Geographic range
C. russelli is found in northern Myanmar, in Kachin State and Sagaing Region.[2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of C. russelli is forest.[1]
Description
C. russelli is large for its genus. Maximum recorded snout-to-vent length (SVL) is 11.4 cm (4.5 in).[2]
Reproduction
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wogan, G.; Lwin, K. (2018). "Cyrtodactylus russelli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T104699130A104718746. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T104699130A104718746.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/104699130/104718746. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Cyrtodactylus russelli 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 russelli, p. 229).
Further reading
- Bauer AM (2003). "Descriptions of Seven New Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) with a Key to the Species of Myanmar (Burma)". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 54: 463–498. (Cyrtodactylus russelli, new species, pp. 482–486, Figures 12–14).
Wikidata ☰ Q3009363 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrtodactylus russelli.
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