Cyrtodactylus buchardi
| Cyrtodactylus buchardi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Infraorder: | Gekkota |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Subfamily: | Gekkoninae |
| Genus: | Cyrtodactylus |
| Species: | C. buchardi |
| Binomial name | |
| Cyrtodactylus buchardi David, Teynie & Ohler (2004) | |
Cyrtodactylus buchardi is a species of gecko recently described from Champasak Province, Laos.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, buchardi, is in honor of French businessman Michel Buchard for his longtime financial support of herpetology.[2]
Description
C. buchardi has a more slender body than other Cyrtodactylus, a barely visible lateral fold, a slender but short tail, only 12 subdigital lamellae beneath its 4th toe, and 25 rows of tuberculate dorsal scales. It also has no precloacal groove, three series of enlarged precloacal scales, no enlarged femoral scales, no distinctly enlarged subcaudal scales, 13-14 supralabials, a dorsal pattern made of five transversal series of irregular blotches, and a nuchal collar not reaching the posterior margin of the eyes.
References
- ↑ David, Patrick; Alexandre Teynié & Annemarie Ohler (2004). "A new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from southern Laos". The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52 (2): 621–627. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cyrtodactylus buchardi, p. 41).