Boulenger's bow-fingered gecko

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Boulenger's bow-fingered gecko
Gymnodactylus loriae 1897.jpg
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtodactylus
Species:
C. loriae
Binomial name
Cyrtodactylus loriae
(Boulenger, 1897)
Synonyms [2]
  • Gymnodactylus loriae
    Boulenger, 1897
  • Cyrtodactylus loriae
    W.C. Brown & F. Parker, 1973
  • Gonydactylus loriae
    Kluge, 1991
  • Cyrtodactylus loriae
    Rösler, 2000

Boulenger's bow-fingered gecko (Cyrtodactylus loriae) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Papua New Guinea. [2]

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Etymology

The specific name, loriae, is in honor of Italian ethnologist Lamberto Loria. [3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. loriae is forest, at altitudes of 500–1,500 m (1,600–4,900 ft). [1]

Reproduction

C. loriae is oviparous. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Tallowin, O.; Oliver, P.; Parker, F. (2017). "Cyrtodactylus loriae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T42482687A42482694. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T42482687A42482694.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Cyrtodactylus loriae 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 loriae, p. 160).

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