Jarujin's forest gecko

Jarujin's forest gecko (Cyrtodactylus jarujini) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Southeast Asia.

Jarujin's forest gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtodactylus
Species:
C. jarujini
Binomial name
Cyrtodactylus jarujini
Ulber, 1993

Etymology

The specific name, jarujini, is in honor of Thai herpetologist Jarujin Nabhitabhata[2] (1950–2008).

Geographic range

C. jarujini is found in Laos and northern Thailand.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. jarujini is forest.[1]

Reproduction

C. jarujini is oviparous.[3]

References
  1. Duengkae, P.; Sumontha, M. (2018). "Cyrtodactylus jarujini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T104692662A104718586. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T104692662A104718586.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 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 jarujini, p. 134).
  3. Cyrtodactylus jarujini at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2018.

Further reading
  • Chan-ard T, Parr JWK, Nabhitabhata J (2015). A Field Guide to the Reptiles of Thailand. New York: Oxford University Press. 352 pp. ISBN 978-0-19-973649-2 (hardcover), ISBN 978-0-19-973650-8 (paperback).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Cyrtodactylus jarujini, p. 66). (in German).
  • Rösler H, Glaw F (2008). "A new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Malaysia including a literature survey of mensural and meristic data in the genus". Zootaxa 1729: 8–22.
  • Ulber T (1993). "Bemerkungen über cyrtodactyline Geckos aus Thailand nebst Beschreibungen von zwei neuen Arten (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) ". Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 69 (2): 187-200. (Cyrtodactylus jarujini, new species). (in German).
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