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Cyrtodactylus wakeorum

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

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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

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