Cyrtodactylus sworderi

Cyrtodactylus sworderi
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Cyrtodactylus
Species:	C. sworderi
Binomial name
	Cyrtodactylus sworderi; (M.A. Smith, 1925)
Synonyms
	Gymnodactylus sworderi ; M.A. Smith, 1925; Cyrtodactylus sworderi ; — Rösler, 2000;

Cyrtodactylus sworderi, also known commonly as the Johore bow-fingered gecko, the Kota-tinggi forest gecko, and Sworder's bent-toed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Malaysia.^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, sworderi, is in honor of Mr. Hope Sworder, who collected the holotype.^[2]^[3]

Geographic range

C. sworderi is known from the Malaysian state of Johor.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of C. sworderi are desert and freshwater wetlands.^[1]

Description

Adults of C. sworderi have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 7–8 cm (2.8–3.1 in).^[2]

Reproduction

C. sworderi is oviparous.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Grismer, L.; Quah, E. (2018). "Cyrtodactylus sworderi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T178719A100897091. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T178719A100897091.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Cyrtodactylus sworderi 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 sworderi, p. 259).

Grismer LL, Quah ESH (2019). "An updated and annotated checklist of the lizards of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and their adjacent archipelagos". Zootaxa 4545 (2): 230–248.
Grismer LL, Wood PL, Youmans TM (2007). "Redescription of the geckonid lizard Cyrtodactylus sworderi (Smith 1925) from Southern Peninsular Malaysia". Hamadryad 31 (2): 250–257.
Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Cyrtodactylus sworderi, new combination, p. 67). (in German).
Smith MA (1925). "A new Ground-Gecko (Gymnodactylus) from the Malay Peninsula". Journal of the Malaysian Branch, Royal Asiatic Society, Singapore 3 (1): 87. (Gymnodactylus sworderi, new species).

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[iucn_status_19_November_2021-1] Grismer, L.; Quah, E. (2018). "Cyrtodactylus sworderi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T178719A100897091. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T178719A100897091.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.

[RDB-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Cyrtodactylus sworderi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2018.

[3] 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 sworderi, p. 259).

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