Cyrtodactylus aaroni

Cyrtodactylus aaroni
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Gekkota
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Cyrtodactylus
Species:	C. aaroni
Binomial name
Cyrtodactylus aaroni R. Günther & Rösler, 2002

Cyrtodactylus aaroni is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to western New Guinea, Indonesia. ^{[1] [2]}

Etymology

The specific name, aaroni, is in honor of American herpetologist Aaron M. Bauer. ^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. aaroni is forest, at altitudes of 500–700 m (1,600–2,300 ft). ^[1]

Reproduction

C. aaroni is oviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Tallowin, O.; Oliver, P. (2015). "Cyrtodactylus aaroni ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2015 e.T42482637A42482640. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T42482637A42482640.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Cyrtodactylus aaroni 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 aaroni, p. 1).

Further reading

• Günther R, Rösler H (2002). "Eine neue Art der Gattung Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 aus dem Westen von Neuguinea (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae) ". Salamandra38 (4): 195–212. (Cyrtodactylus aaroni, new species). (in German, with an abstract in English, and bilingual image captions).
• Rösler H, Glaw F, Günther R (2005). "Aktualisierte Liste der Geckos von Neuguinea (Sauria: Gekkonidae: Gekkoninae) mit vorläufiger Charakterisierung von neun Formen aus den Gattungen Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827, Gehyra Gray, 1834 und Nactus Kluge, 1983 ". Gekkota5: 33–64. (in German, with an abstract in English).