Moluccan bow-fingered gecko

The Moluccan bow-fingered gecko (Cyrtodactylus deveti) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to the Moluccas in Indonesia.

Moluccan bow-fingered gecko
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtodactylus
Species:
C. deveti
Binomial name
Cyrtodactylus deveti
(Brongersma, 1948)
Synonyms[2]
  • Gymnodactylus deveti
    Brongersma, 1948
  • Cyrtodactylus deveti
    — Rösler, 2000

Etymology

The specific name, deveti, is in honor of Dutch neurosurgeon Arnold C. De Vet (1904–2001).[3]

Geographic range

C. deveti is found in the northern Moluccas, on the islands of Halmahera and Morotai.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. deveti is forest.[1]

Reproduction

C. deveti is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Iskandar, D. & Stubbs, A. (2021). "Cyrtodactylus deveti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T178642A123636624. Retrieved 18 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Cyrtodactylus deveti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2018.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cyrtodactylus deveti, p. 71).

Further reading
  • Brongersma LD (1948). "Lizards from the Island of Morotai (Moluccas)". Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Series C. 51: 486–495. (Gymnodactylus deveti, new species, pp. 486–489, Figures 1a–1d).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 2853. (Cyrtodactylus deveti, new combination, p. 65). (in German).


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