Sabah bow-fingered gecko
The Sabah bow-fingered gecko (Cyrtodactylus ingeri ), also known commonly as Inger's bow-fingered gecko,[2] is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Sabah in Malaysia.[1]
Sabah bow-fingered gecko | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gekkonidae |
Genus: | Cyrtodactylus |
Species: | C. ingeri |
Binomial name | |
Cyrtodactylus ingeri Hikida, 1990 | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Etymology
The specific name, ingeri, is in honor of American herpetologist Robert F. Inger.[2]
References
- Cyrtodactylus ingeri 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 ingeri, p. 129).
Further reading
- Hikida, Tsutomu (1990). "Bornean gekkonid lizards of the genus Cyrtodactylus (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) with descriptions of three new species". Japanese Journal of Herpetology 13 (3): 91-107. (Cyrtodactylus ingeri, new species).
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