Cyrtodactylus welpyanensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

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

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtodactylus
Species: Cyrtodactylus welpyanensis

Name

Cyrtodactylus welpyanensis Grismer, Wood, Thura, Zin, Quah, Murdoch, Grismer, Lin, Kyaw & Lwin, 2017 [2018]: 929

Holotype: LSUHC 12874, adult ♂, collected by Myint Kyaw Thura, L. Lee Grismer, Perry L. Wood, Jr., Matthew L. Murdoch, Evan S.H. Quah, Thaw Zin, Htet Kyaw and Marta S. Grismer on 3 October 2016.

Type locality: “Wel Pyan Cave 35 km north of Hpa-an, Hpa-an District, Kayin State, Myanmar (N17°12.188, E97°37.066; 21 m in elevation)”.

References

Primary references

• Grismer, L.L., Wood, Jr., P.L., Thura, M.K., Zin, T., Quah, E.S.H., Murdoch, M.L., Grismer, M.S., Lin, A., Kyaw, H. & Lwin, N. 2018. Twelve new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from isolated limestone habitats in eastcentral and southern Myanmar demonstrate high localized diversity and unprecedented microendemism. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 182(4): 862–959. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx057 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Cyrtodactylus welpyanensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 July 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Wel Pyan Cave Bent-Toed Gecko