Cyrtodactylus adleri

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
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
Subfamilia: Gekkoninae
Genus: Cyrtodactylus
Species: C. adleri
Name

Cyrtodactylus adleri Das, 1997

Type locality: Nicobar Island (India).
References

Das, 1997. A new species of Cyrtodactylus from the Nicobar Island, India. Journal of Herpetology 31 (3): 375–382.
Cyrtodactylus adleri at the New Reptile Database

Vernacular names
English: Adler's Bow-fingered Gecko

Cyrtodactylus adleri is a species of bent-toed gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to southern Asia.

Etymology

The specific name, adleri, is in honor of American herpetologist Kraig Adler (born 1940).[2]
Geographic range

C. adleri is found in the Nicobar Islands of India.[3]
Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. adleri is forest.[1]
Description

C. adleri was earlier thought to be conspecific with C. rubidus. It can be differentiated from it by its dark spots (vs. dark bands) on the dorsum; differences in the midventral and postnasal scales; and presence of the pre-anal groove.[3] C. adleri may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 7 cm (2.8 in).[4]
Behavior

C. adleri is nocturnal and arboreal.[4]
Reproduction

C. adleri is oviparous.[5]
References

Böhm M, Dewhurst N (2010). "Cyrtodactylus adleri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T174112A7016897. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T174112A7016897.en. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
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 adleri, p. 2).
Das I (1997). "A new species of Cyrtodactylus from the Nicobar Island, India". Journal of Herpetology. 31 (3): 375–382. doi:10.2307/1565666. JSTOR 1565666. (Cyrtodactylus adleri, new species).
Das I (2002). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of India. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-056-5. (Cyrtodactylus adleri, p. 90).

Species Cyrtodactylus adleri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.