Rosichonariefi's bent-toed gecko

Rosichonariefi's bent-toed gecko (Cyrtodactylus rosichonarieforum) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to the island of Natuna Besar in Indonesia.[1]

Rosichonariefi's bent-toed gecko
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtodactylus
Species:
C. rosichonarieforum
Binomial name
Cyrtodactylus rosichonarieforum
Riyanto, Grismer & Wood, 2015
Synonyms[1]
  • Cyrtodactylus rosichonariefi
    Riyanto, Grismer & Wood, 2015
  • Cyrtodactylus rosichonarieforum
    — Amarasinghe et al., 2020

Etymology

The specific name – rosichonarieforum (masculine, genitive, plural) – is in honor of Rosichon Ubaidillah and Ahmad Jauhar Arief, both of whom are Indonesian scientists.[1]

Decription

Small for its genus, C. rosichonarieforum may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 5.5 cm (2.2 in).[1]

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of C. rosichonarieforum is unknown.[1]

References
  1. Cyrtodactylus rosichonarieforum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2020.

Further reading
  • Amarasinghe AA, Riyanto A, Mumpuni, Grismer LL (2020). "A new bent-toed gecko species of the genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the West Bali National Park, Bali, Indonesia". Taprobanica 9 (1): 59–70. (Cyrtodactylus rosichonarieforum, corrected name, p. 66).
  • Riyanto A, Grismer LL, Wood PL Jr (2015). "Cyrtodactylus rosichonariefi sp. nov. (Squamata: Gekkonidae), a new swamp-dwelling bent-toed gecko from Bunguran Island (Great Natuna), Indonesia". Zootaxa 3964 (1): 114–124. ("Cyrtodactylus rosichonariefi [sic]", new species).


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