Biology:Cyrtodactylus sadleiri

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Short description: Species of lizard

Cyrtodactylus sadleiri
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtodactylus
Species:
C. sadleiri
Binomial name
Cyrtodactylus sadleiri
Wells & Wellington, 1985
Synonyms[2]
  • Cyrtodactylus sadleiri
    Wells & Wellington, 1985
  • Gonydactylus sadleiri
    Kluge, 1991
  • Cyrtodactylus sadleiri
    — Cogger, 2000

Cyrtodactylus sadleiri, also known commonly as Sadleir's bow-fingered gecko and the Christmas Island forest gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Christmas Island, Australia .[2]

Etymology

The specific name, sadleiri, is in honour of "Dr. R. Sadleir".[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. sadleiri is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 300 m (980 ft).[1]

Reproduction

C. sadleiri is oviparous.[2]

See also

  • List of reptiles of Christmas Island

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Woinarski J, Cogger H, Wynn M, Mitchell NM (2018). "Cyrtodactylus sadleiri (amended version of 2017 assessment)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T102731769A129322054. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T102731769A129322054.en. Downloaded on 01 December 2020.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Cyrtodactylus sadleiri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2018.

Further reading

  • Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN:978-0643100350.
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Cyrtodactylus sadleiri, p. 67). (in German).
  • Wells RW, Wellington CR (1985). "A Classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia". Australian Journal of Herpetology, Supplemental Series (1): 1–61. (Cyrtodactylus sadleiri, new species, p. 11).
  • Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN:978-1921517280.


Wikidata ☰ Q3009364 entry