Cyrtodactylus edwardtaylori

Cyrtodactylus edwardtaylori
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtodactylus
Species: C. edwardtaylori
Binomial name
Cyrtodactylus edwardtaylori
Batuwita & Bahir, 2005

Calodactylus edwardtaylori is a species of Asian bent-toed gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species, which is endemic to Sri Lanka, was originally described by Batuwia and Bahir in 2005.

Etymology

The specific name, edwardtaylori, is in honor of American herpetologist Edward Harrison Taylor.[1]

Description

The number of scales under the fourth toe of C. edwardtaylori range from 7-8. The claws are short. The mental is subpentagonal. Midbody scales are in 29-30 rows. The head is not depressed. A preanal groove is absent.

The dorsum is gray-brown, with three dark brown bands. There is a dark canthal stripe that meets at nape. The lips are yellow.

Geographic range

In Sri Lanka C. edwardtaylori is known only from Tonacombe Estate, Namunukula, and Badulla.

References

  1. ↑ 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 edwardtaylori, p. 261).

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