Biology:Cyrtodactylus aaroni
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Short description: Species of lizard
| Cyrtodactylus aaroni | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Cyrtodactylus |
| Species: | C. aaroni
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| Cyrtodactylus aaroni R. Günther & Rösler, 2002
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Cyrtodactylus aaroni is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to western Papua New Guinea, Indonesia.[1][2]
Etymology
The specific name, aaroni, is in honor of American herpetologist Aaron M. Bauer.[3]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of C. aaroni is forest, at altitudes of 500–700 m (1,600–2,300 ft).[1]
Reproduction
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namediucn status 19 November 2021 - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cyrtodactylus aaroni 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 aaroni, p. 1).
Further reading
- Günther R, Rösler H (2002). "Eine neue Art der Gattung Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 aus dem Westen von Neuguinea (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae) ". Salamandra 38 (4): 195–212. (Cyrtodactylus aaroni, new species). (in German, with an abstract in English, and bilingual image captions).
- Rösler H, Glaw F, Günther R (2005). "Aktualisierte Liste der Geckos von Neuguinea (Sauria: Gekkonidae: Gekkoninae) mit vorläufiger Charakterisierung von neun Formen aus den Gattungen Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827, Gehyra Gray, 1834 und Nactus Kluge, 1983 ". Gekkota 5: 33–64. (in German, with an abstract in English).
Wikidata ☰ Q3009199 entry
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