Cyrtodactylus wakeorum
| Cyrtodactylus wakeorum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Cyrtodactylus |
| Species: | C. wakeorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Cyrtodactylus wakeorum Bauer, 2003 | |
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Cyrtodactylus wakeorum is a species of bent-toed gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Myanmar.
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, wakeorum (genitive plural), is in honor of American herpetologists David Burton Wake and Marvalee Hendricks Wake, husband and wife.[2]
Taxonomy
[edit]C. wakeorum was discovered in 2001 in Myanmar's Rakhine Yoma Elephant Range and described in 2003.[3][4]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of C. wakeorum is forest.[1]
Description
[edit]Small for its genus, C. wakeorum may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 6.4 cm (2.5 in).[4]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Wogan, G. & Lwin, K. (2021). "Cyrtodactylus wakeorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T178228A113521099. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ 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 wakeorum, p. 278).
- ^ Bauer AM [in French] (2003). "Descriptions of seven new Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) with a key to the species of Myanmar (Burma)". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 54 (25): 463–498. S2CID 129933095. (Cyrtodactylus wakeorum, new species, pp. 479–482, Figures 10–11).
- ^ a b c Cyrtodactylus wakeorum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 12 January 2020.