Cyrtodactylus santana

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 Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtodactylus
Species: Cyrtodactylus santana

Name

Cyrtodactylus santana Chan, Grismer, Santana, Pinto, Loke & Conaboy, 2023: 114

• Holotype: ZRC 2.7672, adult ♂, collected by Chan Kin Onn, Iffah Iesa, Fernando Santana, and Pedro Pinto on 30 August 2022.
• Type locality: “Napana Wei cave (8.411758°S, 127.293321°E; 152 m a.s.l.) in the northeastern sector of NKS [=Nino Konis Santana National Park]”, Timor-Leste.

References

Primary references

• Chan, K.O., Grismer, L.L., Santana, F., Pinto, P., Loke, F.W. & Conaboy, N. 2023. Scratching the surface: a new species of Bent-toed gecko (Squamata, Gekkonidae, Cyrtodactylus) from Timor-Leste of the darmandvillei group marks the potential for future discoveries. Zookeys 1139: 107–126. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1139.96508 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Cyrtodactylus santana. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 4 July 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Nino Konis Santana Bent-toed Gecko