Cyrtodactylus cracens
| Slender-headed bent-toed gecko | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Cyrtodactylus |
| Species: | C. cracens
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| Binomial name | |
| Cyrtodactylus cracens Batuwita & Bahir, 2005
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Cyrtodactylus cracens is a species of gecko endemic to island of Sri Lanka.
Habitat and distribution[]
A narrow headed gecko, restricted to the midhills of Sinharaja.
Description[]
Dorsal tubercles are flattened, and claws long. Scales under fourth toe 7–9. Mental subtriangular, midbody scale rows 26–27. About 7 or 8 rows flattened of dorsal tubercles at midbody. Scales on venter imbricate, with rounded posterior edges. A single series of 5 pre-anal pores in a shallow pre-cloacal depression.
Ecology and diet[]
Inhabits small, cave-like rocky areas adjoining forest streams.
References[]
Categories:
- Reptiles of Sri Lanka
- Cyrtodactylus
- Reptiles described in 2005