Cyrtodactylus sadleiri

Cyrtodactylus sadleiri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtodactylus
Species:
C. sadleiri
Binomial name
Cyrtodactylus sadleiri
Synonyms[2]
  • Cyrtodactylus sadleiri
    Wells & Wellington, 1985
  • Gonydactylus sadleiri
    — Kluge, 1991
  • Cyrtodactylus sadleiri
    — Cogger, 2000

Cyrtodactylus sadleiri, also known commonly as Sadleir's bow-fingered gecko and the Christmas Island forest gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Christmas Island, Australia.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, sadleiri, is in honour of "Dr. R. Sadleir".[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. sadleiri is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 300 m (980 ft).[1]

Reproduction

C. sadleiri is oviparous.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Woinarski J, Cogger H, Wynn M, Mitchell NM (2018). "Cyrtodactylus sadleiri (amended version of 2017 assessment)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T102731769A129322054. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T102731769A129322054.en. Downloaded on 01 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d Cyrtodactylus sadleiri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2018.

Further reading

  • Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Cyrtodactylus sadleiri, p. 67). (in German).
  • Wells RW, Wellington CR (1985). "A Classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia". Australian Journal of Herpetology, Supplemental Series (1): 1–61. (Cyrtodactylus sadleiri, new species, p. 11).
  • Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.