Kabaena bow-fingered gecko

Kabaena bow-fingered gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtodactylus
Species:
C. jellesmae
Binomial name
Cyrtodactylus jellesmae
(Boulenger, 1897)
Synonyms[2]
  • Gymnodactylus jellesmae
    Boulenger, 1897
  • Cyrtodactylus jellesmae
    — Kramer, 1979

The Kabaena bow-fingered gecko (Cyrtodactylus jellesmae) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Indonesia.

Etymology

The specific name, jellesmae, is in honor of Dutch botanist Eeltje Jelles Jellesma (1851–1918).[3]

Geographic range

In Indonesia C. jellesmae is found on the island of Sulawesi.[2]

The type locality is restricted to Masarang, Sulawesi, Indonesia.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. jellesmae is forest, but it has also been found in cacao plantations.[1]

Reproduction

C. jellesmae is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Stubbs A, Gillespie G (2021). "Cyrtodactylus jellesmae". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T104692740A104718591.en. Accessed on 21 June 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d Cyrtodactylus jellesmae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2018.
  3. ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cyrtodactylus jellesmae, p. 134).

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1897). "A Catalogue of the Reptiles and Batrachians of Celebes, with special reference to the Collections made by Drs. P. & F. Sarasin in 1893–1896". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1897: 193–237 + Plates VII–XVI. (Gymnodactylus jellesmæ, new species, pp. 203-204 + Plate VII, figures 1, 1a, 1b, 1c).
  • Koch A (2012). Discovery, Diversity, and Distribution of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Sulawesi and its offshore Islands. Frankfurt am Main: Edition Chimaira. 374 pp. ISBN 978-3899734324.
  • Kramer E (1979). "Typenkatalog der Echsen im Naturhistorischen Museum Basel (BM), Stand 1978 ". Revue suisse de Zoologie 86 (1): 159–166. (Cyrtodactylus jellesmae, new combination, p. 160). (in German).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Cyrtodactylus jellesmae, p. 66). (in German).