Cyrtodactylus slowinskii

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
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Cyrtodactylus
Species:	C. slowinskii
Binomial name
Cyrtodactylus slowinskii Bauer, 2002

Etymology

The specific name, slowinskii, is in honor of American herpetologist Joseph Bruno Slowinski.[3]

Habitat

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

Reproduction

C. slowinskii is oviparous.[2]

References

1. Wogan G, Lwin K (2018). "Cyrtodatylus slowinskii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T104699356A104718771. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T104699356A104718771.en. Downloaded on 07 May 2020.
2. Cyrtodactylus slowinskii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2018.
3. 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

• 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.