Cyrtodactylus wakeorum

Cyrtodactylus wakeorum is a species of bent-toed gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Myanmar.

Cyrtodactylus wakeorum
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Infraorder:	Gekkota
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Cyrtodactylus
Species:	C. wakeorum
Binomial name
Cyrtodactylus wakeorum Bauer, 2003

Etymology

The specific name, wakeorum (genitive plural), is in honor of American herpetologists David Burton Wake and Marvalee Hendricks Wake, husband and wife.^[2]

Taxonomy

C. wakeorum was discovered in 2001 in Myanmar's Rakhine Yoma Elephant Range and described in 2003.^[3][4]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. wakeorum is forest.^[1]

Description

Small for its genus, C. wakeorum may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 6.4 cm (2.5 in).^[4]

Reproduction

C. wakeorum is oviparous.^[4]

References

1. Wogan, G. & Lwin, K. (2021). "Cyrtodactylus wakeorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T178228A113521099. Retrieved 20 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cyrtodactylus wakeorum, p. 278).
3. Bauer AM [in French] (2003). "Descriptions of seven new Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) with a key to the species of Myanmar (Burma)". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 54 (25): 463–498. S2CID 129933095. (Cyrtodactylus wakeorum, new species, pp. 479–482, Figures 10–11).
4. Cyrtodactylus wakeorum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 12 January 2020.