Cyrtodactylus adleri DAS, 1997
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Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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Common Names | Alder’s bow-fingered gecko |
Synonym | Cyrtodactylus adleri DAS 1997 Cyrtodactylus (Cyrtodactylus) adleri — RÖSLER 2000: 64 Cyrtodactylus adleri — LIVIGNI 2013: 262 |
Distribution | Nicobar Island (India) Type locality: ‘1 km E Galathea River mouth, Great Nicobar Island (= Sambelong), India’; ‘Galathea National Park, Great Nicobar Island, India’ ‘Shompen Hut, Great Nicobar Island, India’ ‘circa two km E Kopen Heat (= Dakoank), Great Nicobar Island, India’ ‘Magar Nullah, 3 km W Campbell Bay, Great Nicobar, India’ ‘Great Nicobar, India’. All localities lie around coordinates 06º 48’N; 93º 51’E. |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: ZSI 25057, paratypes: ZSI 25058, ZSI 25060, ZSI 25061, ZSI 23398, ZSI 25117 |
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Etymology | Named after Dr. Kraig Kerr Adler (b. 1940) former Professor of Biology at Cornell University. He was co-founder and Chairman of the Ohio Herpetological Society (later the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles). |
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