Cyrtodactylus adleri
Appearance
Cyrtodactylus adleri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gekkonidae |
Genus: | Cyrtodactylus |
Species: | C. adleri
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Binomial name | |
Cyrtodactylus adleri Das, 1997
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Cyrtodactylus adleri is a species of bent-toed gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae.
Etymology
The specific name, adleri, is in honor of American herpetologist Kraig Adler.[2]
Geographic range
C. adleri is found in the Nicobar Islands of India.[3]
Description
C. adleri was earlier thought to be conspecific with C. rubidus. It can be differentiated from it by its dark spots (vs. dark bands) on the dorsum; differences in the midventral and postnasal scales; and presence of the pre-anal groove.[3]
References
- ^ Template:IUCN2012.2
- ^ 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 adleri, p. 2).
- ^ a b Das I [in French] (1997). "A new species of Cyrtodactylus from the Nicobar Island, India". Journal of Herpetology. 31 (3): 375–382. doi:10.2307/1565666. JSTOR 1565666. (Cyrtodactylus adleri, new species).
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