Thirakhupt’s bent-toed gecko

Thirakhupt’s bent-toed gecko
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Gekkonidae
Genus:Cyrtodactylus
Species: C. thirakhupti
Binomial name
Cyrtodactylus thirakhupti
Pauwels, Bauer, Sumontha & Chanhome, 2004

Thirakhupt’s bent-toed gecko (Cyrtodactylus thirakhupti) [1][2] is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Thailand.

Etymology

The specific name, thirakhupti, is in honor of Thai herpetologist Kumthorn Thirakhupt.[3]

Geographic range

It is found in southern Thailand.

Type locality: Tham Khao Sonk [= Cave of Sonk Mountain], Thachana District, Surat Thani Province.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Cyrtodactylus thirakhupti ". uBIO. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "Cyrtodactylus thirakhupti ". ADW. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  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 thirakhupti, p. 264).
  4. ↑ Cyrtodactylus thirakhupti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 May 2015.

Further reading

  • Pauwels OSG, Bauer AM, Sumontha M, Chanhome L (2004). "Cyrtodactylus thirakhupti (Squamata: Gekkonidae), a new cave-dwelling gecko from southern Thailand". Zootaxa 772: 1-11.
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