Cyrtodactylus sadleiri, also known commonly as Sadleir's bow-fingered gecko and the Christmas Island forest gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Christmas Island, Australia.[2]
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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. sadleiri
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| Binomial name | |
| Cyrtodactylus sadleiri Wells & Wellington, 1985
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Etymology
editThe specific name, sadleiri, is in honour of "Dr. R. Sadleir".[2]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitat of C. sadleiri is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 300 m (980 ft).[1]
Reproduction
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Woinarski J, Cogger H, Wynn M, Mitchell NM (2018). "Cyrtodactylus sadleiri (amended version of 2017 assessment)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T102731769A129322054. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T102731769A129322054.en. Downloaded on 01 December 2020.
- ^ a b c d Cyrtodactylus sadleiri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2018.
Further reading
edit- Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Cyrtodactylus sadleiri, p. 67). (in German).
- Wells RW, Wellington CR (1985). "A Classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia". Australian Journal of Herpetology, Supplemental Series (1): 1–61. (Cyrtodactylus sadleiri, new species, p. 11).
- Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.