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DeutschJarujin's forest gecko
| Jarujin's forest gecko | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Cyrtodactylus |
| Species: | C. jarujini |
| Binomial name | |
| Cyrtodactylus jarujini Ulber, 1993 | |
Jarujin's forest gecko (Cyrtodactylus jarujini) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Southeast Asia.
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, jarujini, is in honor of Thai herpetologist Jarujin Nabhitabhata[2] (1950–2008).
Geographic range
[edit]C. jarujini is found in Laos and northern Thailand.[3]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of C. jarujini is forest.[1]
Behavior
[edit]C. jarujini is strictly nocturnal.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Duengkae, P.; Sumontha, M. (2018). "Cyrtodactylus jarujini ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T104692662A104718586. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T104692662A104718586.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ 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 jarujini, p. 134).
- ^ a b Cyrtodactylus jarujini at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2018.
Further reading
[edit]- Chan-ard T, Parr JWK, Nabhitabhata J (2015). A Field Guide to the Reptiles of Thailand. New York: Oxford University Press. 352 pp. ISBN 978-0-19-973649-2 (hardcover), ISBN 978-0-19-973650-8 (paperback).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Cyrtodactylus jarujini, p. 66). (in German).
- Rösler H, Glaw F (2008). "A new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Malaysia including a literature survey of mensural and meristic data in the genus". Zootaxa 1729: 8–22.
- Ulber T (1993). "Bemerkungen über cyrtodactyline Geckos aus Thailand nebst Beschreibungen von zwei neuen Arten (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) ". Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 69 (2): 187-200. (Cyrtodactylus jarujini, new species). (in German).