Cyrtodactylus cracens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtodactylus
Species: Cyrtodactylus cracens

Name

Cyrtodactylus cracens Batuwita & Bahir, 2005: 358

• Holotype: WHT 6048, adult ♂, collected by D. Gabadage and M. M. Bahir on 24 January 2000.
• Type locality: “Sinharaja World Heritage site, Ratnapura District (06°26’N, 80°25’E, alt. 450 m)”, Sri Lanka.
• Paratype: WHT 6049, adult ♂, same locality data as holotype, collected by M.M. Bahir and D. Gabadage on 23 May 1999.

Synonyms

• Cyrtodactylus subsolanus Batuwita & Bahir, 2005: 372 [synonymised by Amarasinghe et al. (2022: 6)]
  • Holotype: WHT 5999, adult ♂, collected by M.M. Bahir and M. Meegaskumbura on 2 February 2004.
  • Type locality: “in a cardamom plantation at Dolahena Estate, near Morningside Forest Reserve, adjacent to and east of the Sinharaja World Heritage Site, Ratnapura District (06°25’10”N, 80°36’30”E, alt. 850 m)”, Sri Lanka.
  • Paratypes (n=2): WHT 6013, ♀, and WHT 6014, ♂, same data as for the holotype.

References

Primary references

• Batuwita, S. & Bahir, M.M. 2005. Description of five new species of Cyrtodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Sri Lanka. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement No. 12: 351–380. PDF Reference page. 
• Amarasinghe, A.A.T., Karunarathna, S., Campbell, P.D., Gayan, A.K.A., Ranasinghe, W.D.B., de Silva, A. & Mirza, Z.A. 2022. The hidden diversity and inland radiation of Sri Lanka’s ground-dwelling geckos of the genus Cyrtodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Systematics and Biodiversity 20(1): 1–25. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2022.2039319 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Cyrtodactylus cracens. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 12 February 2023.
• Ukuwela, K., Kannishka, S. & Samarawickrama, P. 2021. IUCN: Cyrtodactylus cracens  (Near Threatened). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T197223A123312127. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T197223A123312127.en. Accessed on 12 February 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Cracens Bow-fingered Gecko