Biology:Stresemann's bent-toed gecko
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Short description: Species of lizard
Stresemann's bent-toed gecko | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gekkonidae |
Genus: | Cyrtodactylus |
Species: | C. stresemanni
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Binomial name | |
Cyrtodactylus stresemanni Rösler & Glaw, 2008
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Stresemann's bent-toed gecko (Cyrtodactylus stresemanni) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Malaysia.
Etymology
The specific name, stresemanni, is in honor of German ornithologist Erwin Friedrich Theodor Stresemann.[2]
Geographic range
C. stresemanni is found in Perak, Malaysia.[3]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of C. stresemanni is forest.[1]
Description
Medium-sized for its genus, C. stresemanni may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 9.5 cm (3.7 in) and a total length (including tail) of 19 cm (7.5 in).[3]
Reproduction
C. stresemanni is oviparous.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Grismer, L.; Quah, E. (2018). "Cyrtodactylus stresemanni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T101949782A101949787. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T101949782A101949787.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/101949782/101949787. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ↑ 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 stresemanni, p. 257).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Cyrtodactylus stresemanni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2018.
Further reading
- Rösler H, Glaw F (2008). "A new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Malaysia including a literature survey of mensural and meristic data in the genus". Zootaxa 1729: 8–22. (Cyrtodactylus stresemanni, new species).
Wikidata ☰ Q3009373 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stresemann's bent-toed gecko.
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