Irregular bow-fingered gecko
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| Irregular bow-fingered gecko | |
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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. irregularis
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| Binomial name | |
| Cyrtodactylus irregularis (M.A. Smith, 1921)
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The irregular bow-fingered gecko (Cyrtodactylus irregularis) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Vietnam.[1]
Description
[edit]C. irregularis may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 79 mm (3.1 in). Dorsally, it is grayish-brown, with dark brown, white-edged, angular spots or crossbands. A curved band extends across the nape of the neck from eye to eye. Ventrally, it is whitish.[2]
Reproduction
[edit]C. irregularis is oviparous.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Cyrtodactylus irregularis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2018.
- ^ Smith MA (1935). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II.—Sauria. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + 2 maps. (Gymnodactylus irregularis, pp. 51-52).
Further reading
[edit]- Nguyen, Van Sang; Ho, Thu Cuc; Nguyen, Quang Truong (2009). Herpetofauna of Vietnam. Frankfurt am Main: Edition Chimaira / Serpents Tale. 768 pp. ISBN 978-3899734621.
- Rösler, Herbert (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha) ". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Cyrtodactylus irregularis, new combination, p. 66). (in German).
- Smith MA (1921). "New or Little-known Reptiles and Batrachians from Southern Annam (Indo-China)". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1921: 423–440. (Gymnodactylus peguensis Var. irregularis, new variety, p. 428, Text-figure 1B).