Cyrtodactylus slowinskii

Cyrtodactylus slowinskii
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Gekkota
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Cyrtodactylus
Species:	C. slowinskii
Binomial name
Cyrtodactylus slowinskii Bauer, 2002

Cyrtodactylus slowinskii, known commonly as Slowinski's gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Myanmar. ^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, slowinskii, is in honor of American herpetologist Joseph Bruno Slowinski. ^[3]

Habitat

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

Reproduction

C. slowinskii is oviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Wogan, G.; Lwin, K. (2018). "Cyrtodactylus slowinskii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T104699356A104718771. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T104699356A104718771.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Cyrtodactylus slowinskii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 22 March 2018.
3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cyrtodactylus slowinskii, p. 246).

Further reading

• Bauer AM (2002). "Two New Species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Myanmar ". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences53 (7): 73–86. (Cyrtodactylus slowinskii, new species, pp. 79–85, Figures 4–5).
• Bauer AM (2003). "Descriptions of Seven New Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) with a Key to the Species of Myanmar (Burma)". Proc. California Acad. Sci.54 (25): 463–498.
• Rösler H, Glaw F (2008). "A new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Malaysia including a literature survey of mensural and meristic data in the genus". Zootaxa1729: 8–22.