Biology:Jarujin’s forest gecko

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Jarujin’s forest gecko
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtodactylus
Species:
C. jarujini
Binomial name
Cyrtodactylus jarujini
Ulber, 1993

Jarujin’s forest gecko (Cyrtodactylus jarujini ) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Southeast Asia.

Etymology

The specific name, jarujini, is in honor of Thai herpetologist Jarujin Nabhitabhata[1] (1950–2008).

Geographic range

C. jarujini is found in Laos and northern Thailand.[2]

References

  1. 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 jarujini, p. 134).
  2. Cyrtodactylus jarujini at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2018.

Further reading

  • Ulber T (1993). "Bemerkungen über cyrtodactyline Geckos aus Thailand nebst Beschreibungen von zwei neuen Arten (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) ". Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 69 (2): 187-200. (Cyrtodactylus jarujini, new species). (in German).

Wikidata ☰ Q3009291 entry