Cyrtodactylus malcomsmithi
| Cyrtodactylus malcolmsmithi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Cyrtodactylus |
| Species: | C. malcolmsmithi |
| Binomial name | |
| Cyrtodactylus malcolmsmithi (Constable, 1949) | |
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Cyrtodactylus malcolmsmithi, commonly known as Malcolm's bow-fingered gecko or Smith's bent-toed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to India.
Etymology
The specific name, malcolmsmithi, is in honor of British herpetologist Malcolm Arthur Smith.[1]
Geographic range
C. malcolmsmithi is found in the Indian state of Punjab.[2]
Type locality: "Beas River basin, Punjab, India".[3]
References
- ↑ 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 malcolmsmithi, p. 247).
- ↑ "Cyrtodactylus malcolmsmithi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ Constable 1949.
Further reading
- Constable, John D. (1949). "Reptiles from the Indian Peninsula in the Museum of Comparative Zoology". Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Cambridge (Massachusetts) 103 (2): 59-160. (Gymnodactylus malcolmsmithi, new species, pp. 80-82).
- Underwood, Garth (1954). "On the classification and evolution of geckos". Proc. Zool. Soc. London 124 (3): 469-492.
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