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Cyrtodactylus slowinskii

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Species of lizard

Cyrtodactylus slowinskii
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtodactylus
Species: C. slowinskii
Binomial name
Cyrtodactylus slowinskii
Bauer, 2002

Cyrtodactylus slowinskii, known commonly as Slowinski's gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Myanmar.

Etymology

The specific name, slowinskii, is in honor of American herpetologist Joseph Bruno Slowinski.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. slowinskii is forest.

Reproduction

C. slowinskii is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Wogan, G.; Lwin, K. (2018). "Cyrtodactylus slowinskii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T104699356A104718771. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T104699356A104718771.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Cyrtodactylus slowinskii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2018.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cyrtodactylus slowinskii, p. 246).

Further reading

  • Bauer AM (2002). "Two New Species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Myanmar ". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 53 (7): 73–86. (Cyrtodactylus slowinskii, new species, pp. 79–85, Figures 4–5).
  • Bauer AM (2003). "Descriptions of Seven New Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) with a Key to the Species of Myanmar (Burma)". Proc. California Acad. Sci. 54 (25): 463–498.
  • Rösler H, Glaw F (2008). "A new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Malaysia including a literature survey of mensural and meristic data in the genus". Zootaxa 1729: 8–22.
Taxon identifiers
Cyrtodactylus slowinskii


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