Cyrtodactylus wallacei

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Cyrtodactylus wallacei
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtodactylus
Species:
C. wallacei
Binomial name
Cyrtodactylus wallacei

Cyrtodactylus wallacei is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Sulawesi. [1]

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Etymology

The specific name, wallacei, is in honor of British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace. [2]

Description

Large for its genus, C. wallacei may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 11 cm (4.3 in). [1]

Reproduction

C. wallacei is oviparous. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Cyrtodactylus wallacei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 22 March 2018.
  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 wallacei, p. 279).

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