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Cyrtopodion watsoni

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Species of lizard

Cyrtopodion watsoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtopodion
Species: C. watsoni
Binomial name
Cyrtopodion watsoni
(Murray, 1892)
Synonyms
  • Gymnodactylus watsoni
    Murray, 1892
  • Gymnodactylus ingoldbyi
    Procter, 1923
  • Gymnodactylus kachhensis watsoni
    — M.A. Smith, 1935
  • Cyrtodactylus watsoni
    — Minton, 1966
  • Tenuidactylus watsoni
    — Szczerbak & Golubev, 1984
  • Cyrtopodion watsoni
    — Kluge, 1993

Cyrtopodion watsoni, also known commonly as the northern spotted ground gecko, the Pakistani thin-toed gecko, and Watson's gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to South Asia.

Etymology

The specific name, watsoni, is in honor of Lieutenant E.Y. Watson of the Indian army, who collected the holotype.

Geographic range

C. watsoni is endemic to Pakistan.

Reproduction

C. watsoni is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Cyrtopodion watsoni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 May 2018.
  2. 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. (Cyrtopodion watsoni, p. 280).

Further reading

  • Minton SA (1966). "A Contribution to the Herpetology of West Pakistan". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 134: 29–184. (Cyrtodactylus watsoni, new combination, p. 79).
  • Murray JA (1892). The Zoology of Beloochistan and Afghanistan. (Reptiles and Batrachia). Bombay: Bombay Education Society Press. 83 pp. (Gymnodactylus watsoni, new species, p. 68).
  • 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 + 2 maps. (Gymnodactylus kachhensis watsoni, p. 44).
Taxon identifiers
Cyrtopodion watsoni
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