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Cyrtodactylus annandalei
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Cyrtodactylus
Species:	C. annandalei
Binomial name
Cyrtodactylus annandalei Bauer, 2003

Cyrtodactylus annandalei is a species of bent-toed gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Myanmar.

Etymology

The specific name, annandalei, is in honor of Scottish zoologist Nelson Annandale.

Taxonomy

C. annandalei was discovered in 2000 in Myanmar's Alaungdaw Kathapa National Park and described in 2003. It is sympatric with Cyrtodactylus slowinskii.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. annandalei is forest.

Description

Small for its genus, C. annandalei may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about 5 cm (2.0 in).

Reproduction

C. annandalei is oviparous.

Conservation status

Since 2018, C. annandalei is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

References

1. ^ Lwin, K.; Wogan, G. (2018). "Cyrtodactylus annandalei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T178289A113828624. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T178289A113828624.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
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 annandalei, p. 9).
3. ^ Bauer AM (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 annandalei, new species, pp. 465–469, Figures 1–2).
4. Species Cyrtodactylus annandalei at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

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