| Cyrtodactylus rubidus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Cyrtodactylus |
| Species: | C. rubidus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cyrtodactylus rubidus (Blyth, 1861) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cyrtodactylus rubidus (common names Andaman bent-toed gecko or red bow-fingered gecko) is a species of gecko found in the Andaman Islands (India) and the Coco Islands (Myanmar). The type locality is Port Blair, Andaman Islands. [1]
Small to medium-sized gecko with black-banded/blotched with yellowish brown body, and with a tail banded black and white. Head long; snout tapering; ear-opening small, oval; digits with enlarged lamellae on the ventral surface; tail with small tubercles, long and tapering to a fine point; three enlarged tubercles on either side of the cloaca; males with six pre-anal pores; a longitudinal pre-anal groove present, prominent in males, less distinct but present in females; dorsal and lateral aspects of body covered in distinct, obtuse tubercles. [2] [3] [4] [5] Dorsum and forehead reddish brown to dark grey, the latter with a series of transverse bands, sometimes connected medially to forma network of reticulations; a dark line from posterior corner eyes to armpit; tail with ten dark bands on a white or grey background.
Inhabits lowland rainforests, and deciduous forests. Sometimes found inside houses close to forest areas. Both terrestrial and arboreal, hiding under bark, leaflitter, roots, logs, or rocks during the day and emerging to forage at night. [4] When threatened, they raise and curl their tails. This species is oviparous, laying two eggs at a time. Eggs are laid under tree bark, or under fallen logs. [4]
This species is endemic to the Andaman & Nicobar Islands in Bay of Bengal, India. [1] Within these islands, it is found only in the Andaman Islands, north of Ten Degree Channel. [2] [4]
Cyrtodactylus is a diverse genus of Asian geckos, commonly known as bent-toed geckos, bow-fingered geckos, and forest geckos. The genus has 354 described species as of 2023, which makes it the largest of all gecko genera.
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Jerdon's day gecko is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to India and Sri Lanka.
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Cyrtodactylus deccanensis, also commonly known as Deccan ground gecko, Günther's Indian gecko, or the banded ground gecko, is a species of gecko found in the northern Western Ghats of India. It has been found from northern Maharashtra, with a habitat range possibly extending to southern Gujarat. Cyrtodactylus albofasciatus was previously considered conspecific with Cyrtodactylus deccanensis but is now accepted as a valid species.
The Malayan forest gecko or banded bent-toed gecko is a species of gecko found in Southeast Asia.
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Lawder's bent-toed gecko is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to northern India. Its type locality is "Kumaon", restricted to Almora by Malcolm Arthur Smith. It is named after Mr. A. Lawder who collected the holotype. His identity is not known for sure, but he is likely to have been A.W. Lawder who was a member of the Geological Society of London, as was Ferdinand Stoliczka who described the species. It is sometimes placed in the genus Cyrtopodion.
Hemidactylus karenorum, commonly known as the Burmese leaf gecko, the Burmese leaf-toed gecko, or the Burmese spotted gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Southeast Asia.
The scaly gecko is a species of nocturnal, terrestrial, insectivorous gecko found in South India and northern Sri Lanka. This species was first discovered in the coastal sand dunes of Ramanathapuram in Tamil Nadu. Subsequently, it was incorrectly identified and only recently, elaborate descriptions and molecular data are available, enabling a proper identification.
Cyrtodactylus cattienensis, or the Cattien bent-toed gecko, is a gecko endemic to southern Vietnam. It is known from the Đồng Nai and Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu provinces. Its type locality is within the Cát Tiên National Park, and the species was named after the park.
Calodactylodes illingworthorum is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is known only from the island of Sri Lanka. Common names for C. illingworthorum include the golden gecko, Illingworths' gecko, Illingworths' golden gecko, and the Sri Lankan golden gecko.
Cyrtodactylus bidoupimontis is a gecko from Binh Phuoc and Lam Dong provinces, southern Vietnam.
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