Cyrtodactylus feae

Cyrtodactylus feae is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Myanmar.[2]

Cyrtodactylus feae

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtodactylus
Species:
C. feae
Binomial name
Cyrtodactylus feae
(Boulenger, 1893)
Synonyms[2]
  • Gymnodactylus feae
    Boulenger, 1893
  • Gymnodactylus (Cyrtodactylus) feae
    — Wermuth, 1965
  • Cyrtodactylus (Cyrtodactylus) feae
    — Rösler, 2000
  • Cyrtodactylus feae
    — Grismer et al., 2017

Etymology

The specific name, feae, is in honor of Leonardo Fea, who was an Italian explorer and naturalist.[3]

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References
  1. Richman N, Böhm, M (2010). Cyrtodactylus feae. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T178567A7572427. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178567A7572427.en. Downloaded on 09 April 2018.
  2. Cyrtodactylus feae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2018.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cyrtodactylus feae, p. 88).

Further reading
  • Boulenger GA (1893). "Concluding Report on the Reptiles and Batrachians obtained in Burma by Signor L. Fea, dealing with the Collection made in Pegu and the Karin Hills in 1887-88. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Second Series 13: 304-347 + Plates VII-XII. (Gymnodactylus feae, new species, pp. 313-314 + Plate VII, figures 1, 1a, 1b, 1c).
  • Smith MA (1935). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II.—Sauria. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + two maps. (Gymnodactylus feae, p. 45).
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