Cyrtodactylus gordongekkoi

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Cyrtodactylus gordongekkoi

Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtodactylus
Species:
C. gordongekkoi
Binomial name
Cyrtodactylus gordongekkoi
(Das, 1994)
Synonyms[2]
  • Cnemaspis gordongekko
    Das, 1994
  • Cyrtodactylus gordongekkoi
    Biswas, 2007

Cyrtodactylus gordongekkoi is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Lombok in Indonesia.[1][2]

Etymology

The specific name, gordongekkoi, jokingly refers to Gordon Gekko, a character in the film Wall Street.[3]

Habitat

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

Reproduction

C. gordongekkoi is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Reilly, S.; Amarasinghe, A. (2021). "Cyrtodactylus gordongekkoi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T178636A123636473. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Cyrtodactylus gordongekkoi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2018.
  3. . (Cyrtodactylus gordongekkoi, p. 104).

Further reading

  • Biswas S (2007). "Assignment of currently misplaced Cnemaspis gordongekkoi Das, 1993 (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) to Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827". Russian Journal of Herpetology 14 (1): 15–20. (Cyrtodactylus gordongekkoi, new combination).
  • Das I (1994). "Cnemaspis gordongekkoi, a new gecko from Lombok, Indonesia, and the biogeography of oriental species of Cnemaspis (Squamata: Sauria: Gekkonidae)". Hamadryad 18: 1–9. (Cnemaspis gordongekkoi, new species).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Cnemaspis gordongekkoi, p. 62). (in German).