Cyrtodactylus rufford

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 rufford

Name

Cyrtodactylus rufford Luu, Calame, Nguyen, Le, Bonkowski & Ziegler, 2016: 118

• Holotype: VFU R.2015.14, adult ♂, collected by V.Q. Luu, T. Calame and K. Thanabuaosy on 29 March 2015.
• Type locality: “on a karst cliff, near the entrance of Nang Log cave (17°30.282’N, 105°23.107’E, elevation 160 m a.s.l.), Gnommalath District, Khammouane Province, central Laos”.

References

Primary references

• Luu, V.Q., Calame, T., Nguyen, T.Q., Le, M.D., Bonkowski, M. & Ziegler, T. 2016. Cyrtodactylus rufford, a new cave-dwelling bent-toed gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Khammouane Province, central Laos. Zootaxa 4067(2): 185–199. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4067.2.4. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Cyrtodactylus rufford. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 11 October 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Rufford Bent-toed Gecko