Cyrtodactylus adleri

Cyrtodactylus adleri
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Gekkota
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Cyrtodactylus
Species:	C. adleri
Binomial name
	Cyrtodactylus adleri; Das, 1997

Last updated September 30, 2025

Cyrtodactylus adleri is a species of bent-toed gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to southern Asia.

Etymology

The specific name, adleri, is in honor of American herpetologist Kraig Adler (born 1940).^[2]

Geographic range

C. adleri is found in the Nicobar Islands of India.^[3]

Habitat

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

Description

C. adleri was earlier thought to be conspecific with C. rubidus . It can be differentiated from it by its dark spots (vs. dark bands) on the dorsum; differences in the midventral and postnasal scales; and presence of the pre-anal groove.^[3]C. adleri may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 7 cm (2.8 in).^[4]

Behavior

C. adleri is nocturnal and arboreal.^[4]

Reproduction

C. adleri is oviparous.^[5]

References

1 2 Achyuthan, N.S.; Mohapatra, P. (2021). "Cyrtodactylus adleri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T174112A123301147. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
↑ 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 adleri, p. 2).
1 2 Das I (1997). "A new species of Cyrtodactylus from the Nicobar Island, India". Journal of Herpetology. 31 (3): 375–382. doi:10.2307/1565666. JSTOR 1565666. (Cyrtodactylus adleri, new species).
1 2 Das I (2002). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of India. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-056-5. (Cyrtodactylus adleri, p. 90).
↑ Species Cyrtodactylus adleri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Chandramouli SR (2020). "A review of the Gekkonid genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Sauria: Gekkonidae) in the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago with the description of two new species from the Nicobar Islands". Asian Journal of Conservation Biology9 (1): 78–89.
Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota2; 28–153. (Cyrtodactylus adleri, p. 64). (in German).

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[iucn_status_19_November_2021-1] 1 2 Achyuthan, N.S.; Mohapatra, P. (2021). "Cyrtodactylus adleri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T174112A123301147. Retrieved 19 November 2021.

[2] 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 adleri, p. 2).

[Das-3] 1 2 Das I (1997). "A new species of Cyrtodactylus from the Nicobar Island, India". Journal of Herpetology. 31 (3): 375–382. doi:10.2307/1565666. JSTOR 1565666. (Cyrtodactylus adleri, new species).

[Das2002-4] 1 2 Das I (2002). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of India. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-056-5. (Cyrtodactylus adleri, p. 90).

[5] Species Cyrtodactylus adleri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

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