Misplaced Pages

Cyrtodactylus sworderi

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Species of lizard

Cyrtodactylus sworderi
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtodactylus
Species: C. sworderi
Binomial name
Cyrtodactylus sworderi
(M.A. Smith, 1925)
Synonyms
  • Gymnodactylus sworderi
    M.A. Smith, 1925
  • Cyrtodactylus sworderi
    — Rösler, 2000

Cyrtodactylus sworderi, also known commonly as the Johore bow-fingered gecko, the Kota-tinggi forest gecko, and Sworder's bent-toed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Malaysia.

Etymology

The specific name, sworderi, is in honor of Mr. Hope Sworder, who collected the holotype.

Geographic range

C. sworderi is known from the Malaysian state of Johor.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of C. sworderi are desert and freshwater wetlands.

Description

Adults of C. sworderi have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 7–8 cm (2.8–3.1 in).

Reproduction

C. sworderi is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Grismer, L.; Quah, E. (2018). "Cyrtodactylus sworderi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T178719A100897091. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T178719A100897091.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Cyrtodactylus sworderi 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 sworderi, p. 259).

Further reading

  • Grismer LL, Quah ESH (2019). "An updated and annotated checklist of the lizards of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and their adjacent archipelagos". Zootaxa 4545 (2): 230–248.
  • Grismer LL, Wood PL, Youmans TM (2007). "Redescription of the geckonid lizard Cyrtodactylus sworderi (Smith 1925) from Southern Peninsular Malaysia". Hamadryad 31 (2): 250–257.
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Cyrtodactylus sworderi, new combination, p. 67). (in German).
  • Smith MA (1925). "A new Ground-Gecko (Gymnodactylus) from the Malay Peninsula". Journal of the Malaysian Branch, Royal Asiatic Society, Singapore 3 (1): 87. (Gymnodactylus sworderi, new species).


Taxon identifiers
Cyrtodactylus sworderi


This article about a Cyrtodactylus is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: