Yangbay bent-toed gecko
Appearance
Yangbay bent-toed gecko | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Infraorder: | Gekkota |
Family: | Gekkonidae |
Genus: | Cyrtodactylus |
Species: | C. yangbayensis
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Binomial name | |
Cyrtodactylus yangbayensis Tri & Onn, 2010
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The Yangbay bent-toed gecko (Cyrtodactylus yangbayensis) is a species of gecko found in Khánh Hòa Province, Vietnam.[1]
Description
[edit]This species can be distinguished from other Indo-Chinese speciesCyrtodactylus by the following characteristics: a snout-vent length averaging83.5 millimetres (3.29 in); dark spots on the head; 6–8 precloacal pores in males arranged in a chevron pattern; 18–20 subdigital lamellae under its first toe; 15–17 subdigital lamellae under its fourth toe; and a middle row of enlarged subcaudal scales.[1]
Distribution
[edit]This gecko inhabits monsoon evergreen forests of the Truong Son Mountain Range in Khanh Hoa province, Vietnam.[1]
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Ziegler, Thomas, and Q. T. Nguyen. "New discoveries of amphibians and reptiles from Vietnam." Bonn Zool. Bull 57.2 (2010): 137–147.
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