Cyrtodactylus chungi is a species of gecko known only from two specimens found in the Ta Kou Nature Reserve in Binh Thuan province, Vietnam. It is also known as Chung's bent-toed gecko. C. chungi is part of the Cyrtodactylus irregularis species-group and is sister species to Cyrtodactylus cattienensis.[1]
| Cyrtodactylus chungi | |
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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. chungi
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| Binomial name | |
| Cyrtodactylus chungi Ostrowski, Le, Ngo, Pham, Phung, Nguyen & Ziegler, 2021
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Both C. chungi's scientific and common names are named for Dr. Ngo Dac Chung, a herpetologist at Hue University.[2]
References
edit- ^ Ostrowski, Sabrina; Le, Minh Duc; Ngo, Hanh Thi; Pham, Cuong The; Phung, Trung My; Nguyen, Truong Quang; Ziegler, Thomas (2021-01-13). "A new Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Binh Thuan Province, southern Vietnam". European Journal of Taxonomy (731): 47–70. doi:10.5852/ejt.2021.731.1203. ISSN 2118-9773.
- ^ Pskhun (2021-01-14). "Species New to Science: [Herpetology • 2021] Cyrtodactylus chungi • A New Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Binh Thuan Province, southern Vietnam". Species New to Science. Retrieved 2021-01-14.