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Strophurus ciliaris (Northern Spiny-tailed Gecko, Spiny-tailed Gecko)

Synonyms: Diplodactylus ciliaris; Diplodactylus ciliaris aberrans; Diplodactylus ciliaris ciliaris; Diplodactylus spinigerus aberrans

Wikipedia Abstract

The meaning of the scientific name or binomial, Strophurus ciliaris, comes from strophurus meaning "turning-tail" and ciliaris meaning "eyelashed", referring to the spines above the eyes.
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Infraspecies

Strophurus ciliaris aberrans
Strophurus ciliaris ciliaris

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  7.8 grams
Birth Weight [2]  1 grams
Female Weight [2]  8 grams
Gestation [2]  63 days
Litter Size [2]  2
Litters / Year [2]  6
Reproductive Mode [3]  Oviparous
Snout to Vent Length [2]  3.15 inches (8 cm)
Habitat Substrate [3]  Arboreal, Terrestrial

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Physalopteroides filicauda <Unverified Name>[4]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Length–weight allometries in lizards, S. Meiri, Journal of Zoology 281 (2010) 218–226
♦ 2Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 3Meiri, Shai (2019), Data from: Traits of lizards of the world: variation around a successful evolutionary design, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.f6t39kj
♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0