Moluccan bow-fingered gecko

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

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.

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, at altitudes from sea level to 600 m (2,000 ft).[1]

Reproduction

C. deveti is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Iskandar, D.; Stubbs, A. (2021). "Cyrtodactylus deveti ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T178642A123636624. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Cyrtodactylus deveti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2018.
  3. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (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).