Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Gekkonidae
Subfamilia: Gekkoninae
Genus: Cyrtodactylus
Species: Cyrtodactylus lekaguli
Name
- Cyrtodactylus lekaguli Grismer, Wood Jr, Quah, Anuar, Muin, Sumontha, Ahmad, Bauer, Wangkulangkul & Pauwels, 2012
- Holotype: FMNH 215987, adult male, collected on 7 November 1979 by D. L. Damman.
- Type locality: Khao Chong waterfall, Khao Chamao, Trang Province, Thailand at approximately 07°35.28 N, 99°50.25 E at 165 meters elevation as estimated from Google Earth.
- Etymology: The word lekaguli honors Dr. Boonsong Lekagul (1907–1992), biologist and conservationist of Thailand and the first biologist to suggest the Thai common name "Tuk-Kai" for geckos of the genus Cyrtodactylus (Lekagul 1977).
References
- Grismer, L.L., Wood Jr, P.L., Quah, E.S.H., Anuar Mohd Sah, S., Muin, M.A., Sumontha, M., Ahmad, N., Bauer, A.M., Wangkulangkul, S., Grismer, J.L. & Pauwels, O.S.G. 2012. A phylogeny and taxonomy of the Thai-Malay Peninsula bent-toed geckos of the Cyrtodactylus pulchellus complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae): combined morphological and molecular analyses with descriptions of seven new species. Zootaxa 3520: 1–55. Preview. Reference page.
Vernacular names
ไทย: ตุ๊กกายหมอบุญส่ง