Cyrtodactylus adleri

Cyrtodactylus adleri is a species of bent-toed gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to southern Asia.

Cyrtodactylus adleri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtodactylus
Species:
C. adleri
Binomial name
Cyrtodactylus adleri
Das, 1997

Etymology

The specific name, adleri, is in honor of American herpetologist Kraig Adler.[2]

Geographic range

C. adleri is found in the Nicobar Islands of India.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. adleri is forest.[1]

Description

C. adleri was earlier thought to be conspecific with C. rubidus. It can be differentiated from it by its dark spots (vs. dark bands) on the dorsum; differences in the midventral and postnasal scales; and presence of the pre-anal groove.[3] C. adleri may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 7 cm (2.8 in).[4]

Behavior

C. adleri is nocturnal and arboreal.[4]

Reproduction

C. adleri is oviparous.[5]

References
  1. Böhm M, Dewhurst N (2010). "Cyrtodactylus adleri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T174112A7016897. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T174112A7016897.en. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  2. 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 adleri, p. 2).
  3. Das I (1997). "A new species of Cyrtodactylus from the Nicobar Island, India". Journal of Herpetology. 31 (3): 375–382. doi:10.2307/1565666. JSTOR 1565666. (Cyrtodactylus adleri, new species).
  4. Das I (2002). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of India. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-056-5. (Cyrtodactylus adleri, p. 90).
  5. Species Cyrtodactylus adleri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading
  • Chandramouli SR (2020). "A review of the Gekkonid genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Sauria: Gekkonidae) in the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago with the description of two new species from the Nicobar Islands". Asian Journal of Conservation Biology 9 (1): 78–89.
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2; 28–153. (Cyrtodactylus adleri, p. 64). (in German).


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