Ring-tailed gecko

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Ring-tailed gecko
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtodactylus
Species:
C. louisiadensis
Binomial name
Cyrtodactylus louisiadensis
(De Vis, 1892)
Synonyms
  • Gymnodactylus louisiadensis
  • Gonydactylus louisiadensis

The ring-tailed gecko (Cyrtodactylus louisiadensis) is a species of gecko that is endemic to the Louisiade Archipelago of Papua New Guinea. [2]

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References

  1. Harlow, P. (2013). "Cyrtodactylus louisiadensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013: e.T196570A2461075. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T196570A2461075.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Cyrtodactylus louisiadensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 22 March 2018.