Cyrtodactylus cracens

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Cyrtodactylus cracens
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtodactylus
Species:
C. cracens
Binomial name
Cyrtodactylus cracens
Batuwita & Bahir, 2005 [3]
Synonyms [4]

Cyrtodactylus subsolanusBatuwita & Bahir, 2005 [3]

Cyrtodactylus cracens is a species of gecko endemic to island of Sri Lanka. [4]

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Habitat and distribution

Cyrtodactylus cracens is known from and around the Sinharaja Forest Reserve. [1] [2] [4]

Description

Cyrtodactylus cracens can grow to a snout–vent length of at least 105 mm (4.1 in). Dorsal tubercles are flattened, and claws long. Scales under fourth toe 7–10. Mental subtriangular, midbody scale rows 26–32. About 6–8 rows of dorsal tubercles at midbody. Scales on venter imbricate to subimbricate, with rounded posterior edges. A single series of 5 pre-anal pores in a shallow pre-cloacal depression. [3]

Ecology and diet

Inhabits small, cave-like rocky areas adjoining forest streams [1] [3] as well as tree trunks in forests and a cardamon plantation (former C. subsolanus). [2] [3]

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References

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