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Cyrtodactylus aequalis

species of reptile

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 13, 2026
Entity authorityQ3009201 ↗
Source-derived summary

Cyrtodactylus aequalis is a bent-toed gecko species that was discovered in 2001 in Myanmar's Kyaikhtiyo Wildlife Sanctuary and described in 2003.

References

External links

Cyrtodactylus aequalis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2018.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Cyrtodactylus aequalis” as species of reptile. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2001, 2003, 2018—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Cyrtodactylus, aequalis and species can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the science & nature register because the source frames it as species of reptile. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 13, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3009201. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2001, 2003 and 2018.

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Current terminology should not be projected backward without checking the classification used when the underlying evidence was created. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Cyrtodactylus aequalis” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.