Cyrtodactylus gansi is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Myanmar.[2]
| Cyrtodactylus gansi | |
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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. gansi
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| Binomial name | |
| Cyrtodactylus gansi Bauer, 2003
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Etymology
editThe specific name, gansi, is in honor of American herpetologist Carl Gans (1923–2009).[3]
Geographic range
editC. gansi is found in Chin State, Myanmar.[2]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitats of C. gansi are forest and freshwater wetlands.[1]
Description
editMedium-sized for its genus, C. gansi may attain a snout-to-vent length of 6.3 cm (2.5 in).[2]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Lwin, K.; Wogan, G. (2018). "Cyrtodactylus gansi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T104689902A104718521. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T104689902A104718521.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Cyrtodactylus gansi 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 gansi, p. 97).
Further reading
edit- 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).