| 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
The specific name, wakeorum (genitive plural), is in honor of American herpetologists David Burton Wake and Marvalee Hendricks Wake, husband and wife.[2]
Taxonomy
C. wakeorum was discovered in 2001 in Myanmar's Rakhine Yoma Elephant Range and described in 2003.[3][4]
Habitat
Description
Small for its genus, C. wakeorum may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 6.4 cm (2.5 in).[4]
Reproduction
References
- 1 2 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).
- 1 2 3 Cyrtodactylus wakeorum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 12 January 2020.
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