Cyrtodactylus slowinskii, known commonly as Slowinski's gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Myanmar.[2]
| Cyrtodactylus slowinskii | |
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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. slowinskii
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| Binomial name | |
| Cyrtodactylus slowinskii Bauer, 2002
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Etymology
editThe specific name, slowinskii, is in honor of American herpetologist Joseph Bruno Slowinski.[3]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitat of C. slowinskii is forest.[1]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Wogan, G.; Lwin, K. (2018). "Cyrtodactylus slowinskii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T104699356A104718771. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T104699356A104718771.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b Cyrtodactylus slowinskii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2018.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cyrtodactylus slowinskii, p. 246).
Further reading
edit- Bauer AM (2002). "Two New Species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Myanmar ". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 53 (7): 73–86. (Cyrtodactylus slowinskii, new species, pp. 79–85, Figures 4–5).
- Bauer AM (2003). "Descriptions of Seven New Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) with a Key to the Species of Myanmar (Burma)". Proc. California Acad. Sci. 54 (25): 463–498.
- Rösler H, Glaw F (2008). "A new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Malaysia including a literature survey of mensural and meristic data in the genus". Zootaxa 1729: 8–22.