Cyrtodactylus louisiadensis

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
Subfamilia: Gekkoninae
Genus: Cyrtodactylus
Species: Cyrtodactylus louisiadensis

Name

Cyrtodactylus louisiadensis (de Vis, 1892)

Holotype: Dee Vis's holotype is lost, the holotype of Gymnodactylus olivii (Garman) MCZ 6470 is from Cooktown, Queensland, therefore not C. louisiadensis.

Type locality: "Tagula Island, British New Guinea" (fide Loveridge 1948) (= Sudest Island, Louisiade Archipelago, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea).

Neotype: BPBM 19741 (field tag FK 9721), adult ♀, along Gesirava River, W slope Mt. Riu, 11.49179ºS, 153.41261ºE, 127 m, Sudest Island, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, collected by F. Kraus opn 21 April 2004.

References

C.W. De Vis, 1892. Report on the zoological gleanings of the Administration during the year 1890–1891. Annual Report on British New Guinea from 1st July, 1890, to 30th June, 1891; with appendices, Appendix cc, pp.93–98.
C.W. De Vis, 1892. Zoology of British New Guinea. Part I.—Vertebrata. Annals of the Queensland Museum. 2: 3–12.
Kraus, F., 2018. Taxonomic partitioning of Cyrtodactylus louisiadensis (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) from Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa 1883(1): 1–27. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1883.1.1

Synonyms

Gymnodactylus loriae Boulenger, 1897: 695
Gymnodactylus louisiadensis Werner, 1901 (partim)

Distribution

the gecko species Cyrtodactylus louisiadensis (de Vis, 1892) ranges across eastern New Guinea and adjacent islands, the Solomon Islands, and northern Queensland.

References

de Rooij, N. de 1915: The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. I. Lacertilia, Chelonia, Emydosauria. Leiden (E. J. Brill), xiv + 384 pp.
Rösler, H. 2000: Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28–153.
Cyrtodactylus louisiadensis at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 Mar 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Ring-tailed Gecko, Banded Gecko