Cyrtodactylus sworderi

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Cyrtodactylus sworderi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtodactylus
Species:
C. sworderi
Binomial name
Cyrtodactylus sworderi
(M.A. Smith, 1925)
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Synonyms [2]
  • Gymnodactylus sworderi
    M.A. Smith, 1925
  • Cyrtodactylus sworderi
    Rösler, 2000

Cyrtodactylus sworderi, also known commonly as the Johore bow-fingered gecko, the Kota-tinggi forest gecko, and Sworder's bent-toed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Malaysia. [2]

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Etymology

The specific name, sworderi, is in honor of Mr. Hope Sworder, who collected the holotype. [2] [3]

Geographic range

C. sworderi is known from the Malaysian state of Johor. [2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of C. sworderi are desert and freshwater wetlands. [1]

Description

Adults of C. sworderi have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 7–8 cm (2.8–3.1 in). [2]

Reproduction

C. sworderi is oviparous. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Grismer, L.; Quah, E. (2018). "Cyrtodactylus sworderi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T178719A100897091. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T178719A100897091.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Cyrtodactylus sworderi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 22 March 2018.
  3. 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 sworderi, p. 259).

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