Cyrtodactylus lekaguli

Cyrtodactylus lekaguli

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 lekaguli

Name

• Cyrtodactylus lekaguli Grismer, Wood Jr, Quah, Anuar, Muin, Sumontha, Ahmad, Bauer, Wangkulangkul & Pauwels, 2012

Holotype: FMNH 215987, adult male, collected on 7 November 1979 by D. L. Damman.

Type locality: Khao Chong waterfall, Khao Chamao, Trang Province, Thailand at approximately 07°35.28 N, 99°50.25 E at 165 meters elevation as estimated from Google Earth.

Etymology: The word lekaguli honors Dr. Boonsong Lekagul (1907–1992), biologist and conservationist of Thailand and the first biologist to suggest the Thai common name "Tuk-Kai" for geckos of the genus Cyrtodactylus (Lekagul 1977).

References

• Grismer, L.L., Wood Jr, P.L., Quah, E.S.H., Anuar, S., Muin, M.A., Sumontha, M., Ahmad, N., Bauer, A.M., Wangkulangkul, S., Grismer, J.L. & Pauwels, O.S.G. 2012. A phylogeny and taxonomy of the Thai-Malay Peninsula bent-toed geckos of the Cyrtodactylus pulchellus complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae): combined morphological and molecular analyses with descriptions of seven new species. Zootaxa 3520: 1–55. Preview. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Tuk-kai Boonsong, Bent-toed Gecko
ไทย: ตุ๊กกายหมอบุญส่ง