Cyrtodactylus annandalei

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Cyrtodactylus annandalei
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Gekkota
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtodactylus
Species:
C. annandalei
Binomial name
Cyrtodactylus annandalei
Bauer, 2003
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Cyrtodactylus annandalei is a species of bent-toed gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Myanmar.

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Etymology

The specific name, annandalei, is in honor of Scottish zoologist Nelson Annandale. [2]

Taxonomy

C. annandalei was discovered in 2000 in Myanmar's Alaungdaw Kathapa National Park and described in 2003. It is sympatric with Cyrtodactylus slowinskii . [3]

Habitat

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

Description

Small for its genus, C. annandalei may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about 5 cm (2.0 in). [3]

Reproduction

C. annandalei is oviparous. [4]

Conservation status

Since 2018, C. annandalei is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Lwin, K.; Wogan, G. (2018). "Cyrtodactylus annandalei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T178289A113828624. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T178289A113828624.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ↑ 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 annandalei, p. 9).
  3. 1 2 Bauer AM [in French] (2003). "Descriptions of Seven New Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) with a Key to the Species of Myanmar (Burma)". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 54 (25): 463–498. S2CID   129933095. (Cyrtodactylus annandalei, new species, pp. 465–469, Figures 1–2).
  4. ↑ Species Cyrtodactylus annandalei at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.


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