Cyrtodactylus wakeorum


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

Etymology

The specific name, wakeorum, is in honor of American herpetologists David Burton Wake and Marvalee Hendricks Wake, husband and wife.

Taxonomy

C. wakeorum was discovered in 2001 in Myanmar's Rakhine Yoma Elephant Range and described in 2003.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. wakeorum is forest.

Description

Small for its genus, C. wakeorum may attain a snout-to-vent length of.

Reproduction

C. wakeorum is oviparous.