Cyrtodactylus majulah

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 majulah

Name

Cyrtodactylus majulah Grismer, Wood & Lim, 2012

Holotype: ZRC 2.6950, adult male, oll: L. Grismer, E. Quah, K. O. Chan, A. Figueroa & A. Devan-Song, 22 Jun.2011.

Type locality: Singapore: Central Catchment Nature Reserve, Nee Soon Swamp-forest (1°22'48.99"N, 103°49'05.39"E; 51 m elevation).

Etymology: In the Malay language (Bahasa Melayu), majulah means to go forward, to progress. This is in allusion to the present rapid advancement of research in the taxonomy of Cyrtodactylus, in which many species have recently been formally named, and more are waiting to be described.

Mentions

Cyrtodactylus majulah Grismer, Wood & Lim 2012
Gymnodactylus marmoratus – Sworder 1925: 63 (not of Kuhl)
Gymnodactylus marmoratus – Smith 1930: 12
Cyrtodactylus quadrivirgatus – Lim & Lim 1992: 121 (not of Taylor)
Cyrtodactylus quadrivirgatus – Baker & Lim 2008: 80
Cyrtodactylus quadrivirgatus – Dring 1979: 228 (in part)
Cyrtodactylus quadrivirgatus – Denzer & Manthey 1991: 314
Cyrtodactylus quadrivirgatus – Chan-Ard et al., 1999: 24
Cyrtodactylus quadrivirgatus – Manthey & Grossmann 1997: 227

References

Grismer, L.; Lee Perry L. Wood, Jr. and Kelvin K. P. Lim, 2012: Cyrtodactylus majulah, a new species of bent-toed gecko (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Singapore and the Riau Archipelago. Raffles bulletin of zoology, 60(2): 487–499. PDF.