Cyrtodactylus caovansungi is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Vietnam.
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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. caovansungi
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| Cyrtodactylus caovansungi | |
Etymology
editThe specific name, caovansungi, is in honor of Vietnamese biologist Cao Van Sung.[2][3]
Geographic range
editC. caovansungi is found in southern Vietnam, in Ninh Thuan Province[2]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitat of C. caovansungi is forest at an altitude of 400 m (1,300 ft).[1]
Description
editRelatively large for its genus, C. caovansungi may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 9.4 cm (3.7 in), plus a tail length of 12 cm (4.7 in).[2]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Nguyen, N.S.; Golynsky, E.; Milto, K. (2018). "Cyrtodactylus caovansungi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T104686599A104718436. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T104686599A104718436.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Cyrtodactylus caovansungi 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. (Cyrtodactylus caovansungi, p. 47).
Further reading
edit- Orlov N, Nguyen TQ, Nazarov RA, Ananjeva NB, Nguyen NS (2007). "A New Species of the Genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 and Redescription of Cyrtodactylus paradoxus (Darevsky et Szczerbak, 1997) [Squamata: Sauria: Gekkonidae] from South Vietnam". Russian Journal of Herpetology 14 (2): 145–152. (Cyrtodactylus caovansungi, new species).