Cyrtodactylus sumonthai

Cyrtodactylus sumonthai

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 sumonthai

Name

• Cyrtodactylus sumonthai Bauer, Pauwels & Chanhome, 2002

Etymology: Species is named in appreciation after Thai herpetologist Montri Sumontha, who discovered this species.

Type locality: Limestone caves at Khao Wong, Rayong Province, Thailand (16° 42’ N, 104° 06’ E).

Holotype: IRSNB 2624.

References

• Bauer, A.M.; Pauwels, O.S.G.; Chanhome, L. 2002: A new species of cave-dwelling Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Thailand. Natural History journal of Chulalongkorn University, 2(2): 19–29. PDF
• David, P.; Teynié, A. & Ohler, A., 2004: A new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from southern Laos. Raffles Bull. Zool. 52 (2): 621–627.
• Youmans, Timothy M. & L. Lee Grismer, 2006: A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Seribuat Archipelago, West Malaysia. Herpetological Natural History 10 (1): 61–70.
• Cyrtodactylus sumonthai at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 Mar 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Sumontha's Bow-fingered Gecko
ไทย: ตุ๊กกายถ้ำเขาวง, ตุ๊กกายถ้ำตะวันออก