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