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Cyrtodactylus
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Cyrtodactylus (Greek κυρτος kurtos "curved", from κυπτω kuptō "to stoop"; δακτυλος daktulos "finger, toe") is a diverse genus of Asian geckos, commonly known as bent-toed geckos, bow-fingered geckos, and forest geckos. The genus has 361 described species , which makes it the largest of all gecko genera.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyGekkonidae
Multimedia w Wikimedia Commons Cyrtodactylus – rodzaj jaszczurki z rodziny gekonowatych (Gekkonidae). Zasięg występowania Rodzaj obejmuje gatunki występujące w Azji, Afryce i we wschodniej Europie[3]. Charakterystyka Gatunki z tego rodzaju prowadzącą głównie naziemny i nocny tryb życia. Systematyka Etymologia Cyrtodactylus: gr. κυρτος kurtos „zakrzywiony”, od κυπτω kuptō „pochylać się”; δακτυλος daktulos „palec”[4]. Podział systematyczny Do rodzaju należą następujące gatunki[3]: Cyrtodactylus aaroni Cyrtodactylus adleri Cyrtodactylus adorus Cyrtodactylus aequalis Cyrtodactylus agamensis Cyrtodactylus agusanensis Cyrtodactylus albofasciatus Cyrtodactylus angularis Cyrtodactylus annandalei Cyrtodactylus annulatus Cyrtodactylus arcanus Cyrtodactylus astrum Cyrtodactylus aunglini[5] Cyrtodactylus auralensis[6] Cyrtodactylus aurensis Cyrtodactylus auribalteatus Cyrtodactylus australotitiwangsaensis Cyrtodactylus ayeyarwadyensis Cyrtodactylus badenensis Cyrtodactylus baluensis Cyrtodactylus bansocensis Cyrtodactylus batik Cyrtodactylus battalensis Cyrtodactylus batucolus Cyrtodactylus bayinnyiensis Cyrtodactylus bhupathyi Cyrtodactylus bichnganae Cyrtodactylus bidoupimontis Cyrtodactylus
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,626
- With media
- 23
- Family
- Gekkonidae
- Collections
- CAS, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, KU, MVZ
- Recorded in
- Malaysia, Israel, Philippines, Indonesia
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Description
- Taxonomy
- Phylogeny
- Species
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Cyrtodactylus (Greek κυρτος kurtos "curved", from κυπτω kuptō "to stoop"; δακτυλος daktulos "finger, toe") is a diverse genus of Asian geckos, commonly known as bent-toed geckos, bow-fingered geckos, and forest geckos. The genus has 361 described species , which makes it the largest of all gecko genera.
==Description== Instead of possessing dilated digits like other geckos, members of Cyrtodactylus have slender, curved toes to which the common names for the genus can be attributed.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cyrtodactylus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.