Cyrtodactylus sworderi
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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. sworderi
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| Cyrtodactylus sworderi (M.A. Smith, 1925)
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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
[edit]The specific name, sworderi, is in honor of Mr. Hope Sworder, who collected the holotype.[2][3]
Geographic range
[edit]C. sworderi is known from the Malaysian state of Johor.[2]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitats of C. sworderi are desert and freshwater wetlands.[1]
Description
[edit]Adults of C. sworderi have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 7–8 cm (2.8–3.1 in).[2]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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).
Further reading
[edit]- 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).