Cyrtodactylus cracens
Slender-headed bent-toed gecko | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gekkonidae |
Genus: | Cyrtodactylus |
Species: | C. cracens |
Binomial name | |
Cyrtodactylus cracens Batuwita & Bahir, 2005 | |
Cyrtodactylus cracens (slender-headed bent-toed gecko) is a species of gecko endemic to island of Sri Lanka.
Habitat and distribution
A narrow headed gecko, restricted to the midhills of Sinharaja.
Description
Dorsal tubercles are flattened, and claws long. Scales under fourth toe 7–9. Mental subtriangular, midbody scale rows 26–27. About 7 or 8 rows flattened of dorsal tubercles at midbody. Scales on venter imbricate, with rounded posterior edges. A single series of 5 pre-anal pores in a shallow pre-cloacal depression.
Ecology and diet
Inhabits small, cave-like rocky areas adjoining forest streams.
References
- http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Cyrtodactylus&species=cracens
- http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Cyrtodactylus_cracens/classification/
- http://www.wht.lk/storage/miscellaneous/Cyrtodactylus%20RBZ.pdf
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