Cyrtodactylus gansi

Cyrtodactylus gansi is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Myanmar.[2]

Cyrtodactylus gansi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtodactylus
Species:
C. gansi
Binomial name
Cyrtodactylus gansi
Bauer, 2003

Etymology

The specific name, gansi, is in honor of American herpetologist Carl Gans (1923–2009).[3]

Geographic range

C. gansi is found in Chin State, Myanmar.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of C. gansi are forest and freshwater wetlands.[1]

Description

Medium-sized for its genus, C. gansi may attain a snout-to-vent length of 6.3 cm (2.5 in).[2]

Reproduction

C. gansi is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. Lwin K, Wogan G (2018). "Cyrtodactylus gansi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T104689902A104718521. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T104689902A104718521.en. Downloaded on 18 November 2020.
  2. Cyrtodactylus gansi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2018.
  3. 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 gansi, p. 97).

Further reading

  • Bauer AM (2003). "Descriptions of Seven New Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) with a Key to the Species of Myanmar (Burma)". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 54: 463–498. (Cyrtodactylus gansi, new species, pp. 475–479, Figures 7–9, Table 3).


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