Cyrtodactylus ayeyarwadyensis

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Cyrtodactylus ayeyarwadyensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtodactylus
Species:
C. ayeyarwadyensis
Binomial name
Cyrtodactylus ayeyarwadyensis
Bauer, 2003
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Cyrtodactylus ayeyarwadyensis is a bent-toed gecko species that was discovered in 2001 in Myanmar's Rakhine Yoma Elephant Range and described in 2003. [2]

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References

  1. Wogan, G. & Lwin, K. (2021). "Cyrtodactylus ayeyarwadyensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021: e.T178572A113828446. Retrieved 19 November 2021.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Bauer, A. M. (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.