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Cyrtodactylus

  • Arndt’s Bent-toed Gecko Cyrtodactylus arndti

    Adult males have an elongate, depressed head distinct from the neck, with a long snout that is blunt in dorsal profile. Adult males have granular dorsal scales interspersed with round, keeled, conical tubercles. Adult males have moderately slender forelimbs and hindlimbs. It has been recorded on trees or granite beside rocky streams in evergreen forest with medium and small hardwoods, shrubs and vines. Observations were made at 19:00–22:00, about 0.6–1.5 m above ground. It is recorded from Van Canh District and Quy Nhon City in Binh Dinh Province, Vietnam.

  • Cyrtodactylus arnei

    Cyrtodactylus arnei is a gecko recorded on Hon Tre Island in south-central Vietnam. Adults have a snout–vent length of 70.9–78.0 mm. Males have 5–7 pores in front of the vent; females have none.

  • Barail Hills bent-toed gecko Cyrtodactylus barailensis

    Adult females have a dorsoventrally depressed head distinct from the neck, with the snout tip rounded in both dorsal and lateral views. Adult females have granular dorsal scales interspersed with bluntly conical, weakly keeled tubercles. Adult females have slender forelimbs and hindlimbs. The sole adult female was collected on 14 August 2021 at about 20:00, on a small-tree trunk about 2 m above ground in Athibung Reserve Forest, a semi-evergreen forest under relatively little anthropogenic pressure. It is recorded from the type locality at Athibung, Peren District, Nagaland, northeastern India.

  • Chu Mu Bent-toed Gecko Cyrtodactylus chumuensis

    Adult males have an elongate, depressed head distinct from the neck, with a long snout that is blunt in dorsal profile. Adult males have granular dorsal scales interspersed with round, keeled, conical tubercles. Adult males have moderately slender forelimbs and hindlimbs. The adult male and subadult male collected on 20 June 2014 were found at 19:00–22:00, at 400–500 m elevation, on granite beside a rocky stream about 0.5–1 m above ground. The surrounding evergreen forest had medium and small hardwoods, shrubs and vines. It is recorded from Chu Mu Mountain in M’Drak District, Dak Lak Province, Vietnam.

  • Chure bent-toed gecko Cyrtodactylus chure

    Adult males have smooth granular dorsal scales interspersed with enlarged, feebly keeled, weakly pointed tubercles. Adult males have belly scales much larger than the dorsal granules, smooth, subcircular and subimbricate, with rounded ends. Adult males have slightly long, slender forelimbs and hindlimbs. On 16 June 2024, individuals were observed around 19:30–23:30 on Hariharpurgadhi Fort walls about 1–3 m above ground, with two or three within about 1 m. The walls had many crevices and patches shaded by bushes and low grasses. It is recorded from Hariharpurgadhi Fort in Sindhuli District, Bagmati Province, Nepal.

  • Spiny-tailed bent-toed gecko Cyrtodactylus denticulatus

    Adult males have a head distinct from the neck and triangular in dorsal view. Adult males have small granular dorsal scales interspersed with larger, conical, weakly keeled tubercles. Adult males have hindlimbs longer and thicker than the forelimbs. The sole adult male, collected on 8 March 2019, was found at 19:00–23:00 in bamboo forest near a rocky stream, on a bamboo branch 4 m above a large granite boulder. It is recorded from the collection site at Chao Doi waterfall, Mae Meoi, Tha Song Yang District, Tak Province, western Thailand.

  • Knight Bent-toed Gecko Cyrtodactylus equestris

    Adult males have a head clearly distinct from the neck and a snout rounded in dorsal view and broadly truncate in lateral view. Adult males have small granular dorsal scales interspersed with enlarged, often keeled tubercles. Adult males have forelimbs shorter and less robust than the hindlimbs. Specimens with detailed collection data were taken in relatively undisturbed hill or lower montane forest at 500–1,200 m elevation. It is recorded from the Foja and Torricelli Mountains of northern New Guinea.

  • Tham Than Lot Bent-toed Gecko Cyrtodactylus fluvicavus

    Adult males have a head clearly distinct from the neck and triangular in dorsal view. Adult males have small granular dorsal scales interspersed with larger conical tubercles bearing weak keels. Adult males have hindlimbs larger and thicker than the forelimbs. Recorded individuals were found in karst forest with mixed deciduous and dry evergreen trees, amidst rocky streams and a nearby waterfall. It is recorded from the Tham Than Lot Noi–Tham Than Lot Yai Nature Trail in Chaloem Rattanakosin National Park, Kanchanaburi Province, western Thailand.

  • Irula Geckoella Cyrtodactylus irulaorum

    Adult males have homogeneous dorsal trunk scales that are smooth, subcircular and weakly conical. Adult males have ventral scales much larger than the dorsal scales, smooth, somewhat elongate and subimbricate. Adult males have long, slender forelimbs and hindlimbs. It has been found on the ground and in leaf litter about 45 minutes to two hours after sunset. The type site is a small farm beside low hills with mainly tropical dry evergreen scrub; the other site is deciduous forest. It is recorded from a farm near Vallam Reserve Forest and from Thervoy Kandigai in Tamil Nadu, southeastern India.

  • Kiphire bent-toed gecko Cyrtodactylus kiphire

    Adult males have a dorsoventrally depressed head distinct from the neck, with the snout tip rounded in both dorsal and lateral views. Adult males have granular dorsal scales interspersed with bluntly conical, weakly keeled tubercles. Adult males have slender forelimbs and hindlimbs. The adult male holotype was collected on 1 August 2021 at about 23:00, on a shrub along a forest trail about 2 m above ground. It is recorded from the collection locality at Kiphire Forest Colony, Kiphire District, Nagaland, northeastern India.

  • Ko Chang Bent-toed Gecko Cyrtodactylus kochangensis

    Adult females have a head clearly distinct from the neck and triangular in dorsal view. Adult females have small granular dorsal scales interspersed with larger conical tubercles bearing weak keels. Adult females have hindlimbs larger and thicker than the forelimbs. The adult female holotype was collected at 21:07 on 8 July 2017, among branches of a small tree about 100 cm above ground at 36 m elevation, in dry evergreen forest near a rocky stream. It is recorded from the collection locality on Ko Chang in Ranong Province, southern Thailand.

  • Lenya Banded Bent-toed Gecko Cyrtodactylus lenya

    Adults have slender limbs. Adults have granular scales on the top of the head and small tubercles in the upper temporal region. Adults have smooth, overlapping ventral trunk scales larger than the granular dorsal scales. All recorded individuals were found on a single karst formation at 40–75 m elevation, surrounded by mature wet evergreen forest. It is recorded from one karst formation in the proposed Lenya National Park Extension in southern Tanintharyi Region, Myanmar.