Cyrtopodion watsoni

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Cyrtopodion watsoni
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtopodion
Species:
C. watsoni
Binomial name
Cyrtopodion watsoni
(Murray, 1892)
Synonyms [1]
  • Gymnodactylus watsoni
    Murray, 1892
  • Gymnodactylus ingoldbyi
    Procter, 1923
  • Gymnodactylus kachhensis watsoni
    M.A. Smith, 1935
  • Cyrtodactylus watsoni
    Minton, 1966
  • Tenuidactylus watsoni
    Szczerbak & Golubev, 1984
  • Cyrtopodion watsoni
    Kluge, 1993

Cyrtopodion watsoni, also known commonly as the northern spotted ground gecko, the Pakistani thin-toed gecko, and Watson's gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to South Asia.

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Etymology

The specific name, watsoni, is in honor of Lieutenant E.Y. Watson of the Indian army, who collected the holotype. [2]

Geographic range

C. watsoni is endemic to Pakistan. [1]

Reproduction

C. watsoni is oviparous. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Cyrtopodion watsoni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 10 May 2018.
  2. 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. (Cyrtopodion watsoni, p. 280).

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