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Cyrtodactylus wallacei

Summary

Cyrtodactylus wallacei is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Sulawesi.[1]

Cyrtodactylus wallacei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtodactylus
Species:
C. wallacei
Binomial name
Cyrtodactylus wallacei
Hayden, R. Brown, Gillespie, Setiadi, Linkem, Iskandar, Umilaela, Bickford, Riyanto, Mumpuni & McGuire, 2008

Etymology edit

The specific name, wallacei, is in honor of British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace.[2]

Description edit

Large for its genus, C. wallacei may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 11 cm (4.3 in).[1]

Reproduction edit

C. wallacei is oviparous.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Cyrtodactylus wallacei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2018.
  2. ^ 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 wallacei, p. 279).

Further reading edit

  • Hayden CJ, Brown RM, Gillespie GR, Setiadi MI, Linkem CW, Iskandar DT, Umileala, Bickford DP, Riyanto A, Mumpuni, McGuire JA (2008). "A New Species of Bent-Toed Gecko Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827, (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Island of Sulawesi, Indonesia". Herpetologica 64 (1): 109–120. (Cyrtodactylus wallacei, new species).
  • Mecke S, Hartmann L, Mader F, Kieckbusch M, Kaiser H (2016). "Redescription of Cyrtodactylus fumosus (Müller, 1895) (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae), with a revised identification key to the bent-toed geckos of Sulawesi". Acta Herpetologica 11 (2): 151–160.