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Cyrtodactylus feae

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Species of lizard

Cyrtodactylus feae
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtodactylus
Species: C. feae
Binomial name
Cyrtodactylus feae
(Boulenger, 1893)
Synonyms
  • Gymnodactylus feae
    Boulenger, 1893
  • Gymnodactylus (Cyrtodactylus) feae
    — Wermuth, 1965
  • Cyrtodactylus (Cyrtodactylus) feae
    — Rösler, 2000
  • Cyrtodactylus feae
    — Grismer et al., 2017

Cyrtodactylus feae is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to Southeast Asia.

Etymology

The specific name, feae, is in honor of Leonardo Fea, who was an Italian explorer and naturalist.

Geographic range

C. feae is found in Myanmar and Thailand.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. feae is forest.

Description

The holotype of C. feae, which may be a juvenile, has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of only 4.6 cm (1.8 in).

Reproduction

C. feae is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Wogan, G.; Lwin, K. (2018). "Cyrtodactylus feae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T178567A113829233. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T178567A113829233.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Cyrtodactylus feae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2018.
  3. 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 feae, p. 88).

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1893). "Concluding Report on the Reptiles and Batrachians obtained in Burma by Signor L. Fea, dealing with the Collection made in Pegu and the Karin Hills in 1887-88. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Second Series 13: 304-347 + Plates VII-XII. (Gymnodactylus feae, new species, pp. 313-314 + Plate VII, figures 1, 1a, 1b, 1c).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Cyrtodactylus feae, new combination, p. 65). (in German).
  • Smith MA (1935). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II.—Sauria. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + two maps. (Gymnodactylus feae, p. 45).


Taxon identifiers
Cyrtodactylus feae
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