The barred gecko (Cyrtodactylus martinstolli) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Nepal.[1]
Barred gecko | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gekkonidae |
Genus: | Cyrtodactylus |
Species: | C. martinstolli
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Binomial name | |
Cyrtodactylus martinstolli | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Etymology
editThe specific name, martinstolli, is in honor of Swiss photographer Martin Stoll (born 1956).[2]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Cyrtodactylus martinstolli at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2018.
- ^ 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. (Gonydactylus martinstolli, p. 170).
Further reading
edit- Darevsky, Ilya S.; Helfenberger, Notker; Orlov, Nikolai L.; Shah, Karan (1988). "Two New Species of the Genus Gonydactylus (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Eastern Nepal". Russian Journal of Herpetology 4 (2): 89-93. (Gonydactylus martinstolli, new species).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Cyrtopodion martinstolli, new combination, p. 74). (in German).