Cyrtodactylus arcanus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtodactylus
Species: Cyrtodactylus arcanus

Name

Cyrtodactylus arcanus Oliver, Richards & Sistrom, 2012: 447

• Holotype: AM R124559, ♀, collected by native on 29 April 1987.
• Type locality: “ Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, ca. 23 km SE Bundi (05°47’ S, 145°16’ E), brought in by local collectors from around a village referred to as ‘Dagbaru’, exact locality unknown”.

References

Primary references

• Oliver, P.M., Richards, S.J. & Sistrom, M. 2012. Phylogeny and systematics of Melanesia’s most diverse gecko lineage (Cyrtodactylus, Gekkonidae, Squamata). Zoologica Scripta 41(5): 437–454. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2012.00545.x Reference page. 

Links

• Tallowin, O. & Oliver, P. 2022. IUCN: Cyrtodactylus arcanus  (Data Deficient) (amended version of 2015 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T54586625A217810407. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T54586625A217810407.en. Accessed on 03 January 2026.