Cyrtodactylus adleri
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Cyrtodactylus adleri is a species of bent-toed gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to southern Asia.
Etymology
The specific name, adleri, is in honor of American herpetologist Kraig Adler (born 1940).[1]
Geographic range
C. adleri is found in the Nicobar Islands of India.[2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of C. adleri is forest.[3]
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.[2] C. adleri may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of Script error: No such module "convert"..[4]
Behavior
C. adleri is nocturnal and arboreal.[4]
Reproduction
References
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- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Template:ISBN. (Cyrtodactylus adleri, p. 2).
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1". (Cyrtodactylus adleri, new species).
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- ↑ a b Das I (2002). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of India. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. Template:ISBN. (Cyrtodactylus adleri, p. 90).
- ↑ Species Cyrtodactylus adleri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
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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).