Biology:Yoshi's bow-fingered gecko
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Short description: Species of lizard
Yoshi's bow-fingered gecko | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gekkonidae |
Genus: | Cyrtodactylus |
Species: | C. yoshii
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Binomial name | |
Cyrtodactylus yoshii Hikida, 1990
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Yoshi's bow-fingered gecko (Cyrtodactylus yoshii) s a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Malaysia.
Etymology
The specific name, yoshii, is in honor of Japanese biologist Ryozo Yoshii (died ca. 1999).[2][3]
Geographic range
C. yoshii is found in the Malaysian state of Sabah on the island of Borneo.[3]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of C. yoshii is forest,[1] where it can be found on the trunks of trees and on the walls of man-made structures.[4]
Description
Large and robust for its genus, C. yoshii may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 9.6 cm (3.8 in).[4]
Diet
C. yoshii preys upon large insects.[4]
Reproduction
C. yoshii is oviparous,[3] but further details of its reproductive habits are unknown.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Iskandar D, McGuire J (2018). "Cyrtodactylus yoshii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T101949835A101949841. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T101949835A101949841.en. Downloaded on 10 December 2020.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cyrtodactylus yoshii, p. 292).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Cyrtodactylus yoshii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2018.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Das I (2006). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Borneo. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. ISBN:0-88359-061-1. (Cyrtodactylus yoshii, p. 97).
Further reading
- Das I (2005). "Bornean Geckos of the Genus Cyrtodactylus". Gekko 4 (2): 11–19.
- Goldberg SR, Bursey CR (2017). "Cyrtodactylus yoshii (Yoshi's Bow-fingered Gecko) Endoparasites". Herpetological Review 48 (2): 436.
- Hikida T (1990). "Bornean gekkonid lizards of the genus Cyrtodactylus (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) with descriptions of three new species". Japanese Journal of Herpetology 13 (3): 91–107. (Cyrtodactylus yoshii, new species).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Cyrtodactylus yoshii, p. 67). (in German).
Wikidata ☰ Q3009409 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshi's bow-fingered gecko.
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