Cyrtodactylus adleri

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Cyrtodactylus adleri
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtodactylus
Species:
C. adleri
Binomial name
Cyrtodactylus adleri
Das, 1997
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Cyrtodactylus adleri is a species of bent-toed gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to southern Asia.

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Etymology

The specific name, adleri, is in honor of American herpetologist Kraig Adler (born 1940). [2]

Geographic range

C. adleri is found in the Nicobar Islands of India. [3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. adleri is forest. [1]

Description

C. adleri was earlier thought to be conspecific with C. rubidus . It can be differentiated from it by its dark spots (vs. dark bands) on the dorsum; differences in the midventral and postnasal scales; and presence of the pre-anal groove. [3] C. adleri may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 7 cm (2.8 in). [4]

Behavior

C. adleri is nocturnal and arboreal. [4]

Reproduction

C. adleri is oviparous. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Achyuthan, N.S. & Mohapatra, P. (2021). "Cyrtodactylus adleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021: e.T174112A123301147. Retrieved 19 November 2021.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. 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 adleri, p. 2).
  3. 1 2 Das I (1997). "A new species of Cyrtodactylus from the Nicobar Island, India". Journal of Herpetology. 31 (3): 375–382. doi:10.2307/1565666. JSTOR   1565666. (Cyrtodactylus adleri, new species).
  4. 1 2 Das I (2002). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of India. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. ISBN   0-88359-056-5. (Cyrtodactylus adleri, p. 90).
  5. Species Cyrtodactylus adleri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

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