Boulenger's bow-fingered gecko (original) (raw)

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Species of lizard

Boulenger's bow-fingered gecko
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Infraorder: Gekkota
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtodactylus
Species: C. loriae
Binomial name
Cyrtodactylus loriae(Boulenger, 1897)
Synonyms[2]
Gymnodactylus loriae Boulenger, 1897 Cyrtodactylus loriae — W.C. Brown & [F. Parker](/w/index.php?title=Frederick%5FStanley%5F%22Fred%22%5FParker&action=edit&redlink=1 "Frederick Stanley "Fred" Parker (page does not exist)"), 1973 Gonydactylus loriae — Kluge, 1991 Cyrtodactylus loriae — Rösler, 2000

Boulenger's bow-fingered gecko (Cyrtodactylus loriae) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Papua New Guinea.[2]

The specific name, loriae, is in honor of Italian ethnologist Lamberto Loria.[3]

The preferred natural habitat of C. loriae is forest, at altitudes of 500–1,500 m (1,600–4,900 ft).[1]

C. loriae is oviparous.[2]

  1. ^ a b Tallowin, O.; Oliver, P.; Parker, F. (2017). "Cyrtodactylus loriae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T42482687A42482694. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T42482687A42482694.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Cyrtodactylus loriae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2018.
  3. ^ 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 loriae, p. 160).