Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
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
Subfamilia: Gekkoninae
Genus: Cyrtodactylus
Species: Cyrtodactylus louisiadensis

Name

Cyrtodactylus louisiadensis (de Vis, 1892)

Type locality: Tagula Island, British New Guinea (fide Loveridge 1948).

Holotype: MCZ 6470 (1901 Gymnodactylus Olivii Garman)

Synonyms

  • Gymnodactylus loriae Boulenger, 1897: 695
  • Gymnodactylus louisiadensis Werner, 1901 (partim)

Distribution

the gecko species Cyrtodactylus louisiadensis (de Vis, 1892) ranges across eastern New Guinea and adjacent islands, the Solomon Islands, and northern Queensland.

References

  • de Rooij, N. de 1915: The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. I. Lacertilia, Chelonia, Emydosauria. Leiden (E. J. Brill), xiv + 384 pp.
  • Rösler, H. 2000: Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28–153.
  • Cyrtodactylus louisiadensis at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 Mar 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Ring-tailed Gecko, Banded Gecko
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