Cyrtodactylus adleri
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Cyrtodactylus |
| Species: | C. adleri
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| Binomial name | |
| Cyrtodactylus adleri Das, 1997
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Cyrtodactylus adleri is a species of bent-toed gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to southern Asia.
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, adleri, is in honor of American herpetologist Kraig Adler (born 1940).[2]
Geographic range
[edit]C. adleri is found in the Nicobar Islands of India.[3]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of C. adleri is forest.[1]
Description
[edit]C. adleri was earlier thought to be conspecific with C. rubidus. It can be differentiated from it by its dark spots (vs. dark bands) on the dorsum; differences in the midventral and postnasal scales; and presence of the pre-anal groove.[3] C. adleri may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 7 cm (2.8 in).[4]
Behavior
[edit]C. adleri is nocturnal and arboreal.[4]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Achyuthan, N.S.; Mohapatra, P. (2021). "Cyrtodactylus adleri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T174112A123301147. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ 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 adleri, p. 2).
- ^ a b Das I (1997). "A new species of Cyrtodactylus from the Nicobar Island, India". Journal of Herpetology. 31 (3): 375–382. doi:10.2307/1565666. JSTOR 1565666. (Cyrtodactylus adleri, new species).
- ^ a b Das I (2002). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of India. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-056-5. (Cyrtodactylus adleri, p. 90).
- ^ Species Cyrtodactylus adleri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
[edit]- Chandramouli SR (2020). "A review of the Gekkonid genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Sauria: Gekkonidae) in the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago with the description of two new species from the Nicobar Islands". Asian Journal of Conservation Biology 9 (1): 78–89.
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2; 28–153. (Cyrtodactylus adleri, p. 64). (in German).