Kabaena bow-fingered gecko
The Kabaena bow-fingered gecko (Cyrtodactylus jellesmae) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Indonesia.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Cyrtodactylus |
| Species: | C. jellesmae |
| Binomial name | |
| Cyrtodactylus jellesmae (Boulenger, 1897) | |
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Etymology
The specific name, jellesmae, is in honor of Dutch botanist Eeltje Jelles Jellesma (1851–1918).[2]
Geographic range
In Indonesia C. jellesmae is found on the island of Sulawesi.[1]
The type locality is restricted to Masarang, Sulawesi, Indonesia.[1]
References
- Cyrtodactylus jellesmae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2018.
- 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 jellesmae, p. 134).
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1897). "A Catalogue of the Reptiles and Batrachians of Celebes, with special reference to the Collections made by Drs. P. & F. Sarasin in 1893–1896". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1897: 193-237 + Plates VII-XVI. (Gymnodactylus jellesmæ, new species, pp. 203-204 + Plate VII, figures 1, 1a, 1b, 1c).
- Koch, André (2012). Discovery, Diversity, and Distribution of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Sulawesi and its offshore Islands. Frankfurt am Main: Edition Chimaira. 374 pp. ISBN 978-3899734324.
- Kramer, Eugen (1979). "Typenkatalog der Echsen im Naturhistorischen Museum Basel (BM), Stand 1978 ". Revue suisse de Zoologie 86 (1): 159–166. (Cyrtodactylus jellesmae, new combination, p. 160). (in German).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Cyrtodactylus jellesmae, p. 66). (in German).
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