Cyrtodactylus feae
Appearance
Cyrtodactylus feae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gekkonidae |
Genus: | Cyrtodactylus |
Species: | C. feae
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Binomial name | |
Cyrtodactylus feae (Boulenger, 1893)
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Synonyms[2] | |
Cyrtodactylus feae is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae.[2] The species is native to Southeast Asia.
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, feae, is in honor of Leonardo Fea, who was an Italian explorer and naturalist.[3]
Geographic range
[edit]C. feae is found in Myanmar and Thailand.[1]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of C. feae is forest.[1]
Description
[edit]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).[2]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ a b c d Cyrtodactylus feae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2018.
- ^ 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
[edit]- 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).