Biology:Cyrtodactylus slowinskii

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Short description: Species of lizard

Cyrtodactylus slowinskii
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtodactylus
Species:
C. slowinskii
Binomial name
Cyrtodactylus slowinskii
Bauer, 2002

Cyrtodactylus slowinskii, known commonly as Slowinski's gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Myanmar.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, slowinskii, is in honor of American herpetologist Joseph Bruno Slowinski.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. slowinskii is forest.[1]

Reproduction

C. slowinskii is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Wogan, G.; Lwin, K. (2018). "Cyrtodactylus slowinskii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T104699356A104718771. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T104699356A104718771.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/104699356/104718771. Retrieved 18 November 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Cyrtodactylus slowinskii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2018.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cyrtodactylus slowinskii, p. 246).

Further reading

  • Bauer AM (2002). "Two New Species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Myanmar ". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 53 (7): 73–86. (Cyrtodactylus slowinskii, new species, pp. 79–85, Figures 4–5).
  • Bauer AM (2003). "Descriptions of Seven New Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) with a Key to the Species of Myanmar (Burma)". Proc. California Acad. Sci. 54 (25): 463–498.
  • 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.

Wikidata ☰ Q3009374 entry