Yoshi's bow-fingered gecko

Yoshi's bow-fingered gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtodactylus
Species:
C. yoshii
Binomial name
Cyrtodactylus yoshii
Hikida, 1990

Yoshi's bow-fingered gecko (Cyrtodactylus yoshii) s a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Malaysia.

Etymology

The specific name, yoshii, is in honor of Japanese biologist Ryozo Yoshii (died ca. 1999).[2][3]

Geographic range

C. yoshii is found in the Malaysian state of Sabah on the island of Borneo.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. yoshii is forest,[1] where it can be found on the trunks of trees and on the walls of man-made structures.[4]

Description

Large and robust for its genus, C. yoshii may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 9.6 cm (3.8 in).[4]

Diet

C. yoshii preys upon large insects.[4]

Reproduction

C. yoshii is oviparous,[3] but further details of its reproductive habits are unknown.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Iskandar D, McGuire J (2018). "Cyrtodactylus yoshii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T101949835A101949841. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T101949835A101949841.en. Downloaded on 10 December 2020.
  2. ^ 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 yoshii, p. 292).
  3. ^ a b c Cyrtodactylus yoshii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d Das I (2006). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Borneo. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-061-1. (Cyrtodactylus yoshii, p. 97).

Further reading

  • Das I (2005). "Bornean Geckos of the Genus Cyrtodactylus". Gekko 4 (2): 11–19.
  • Goldberg SR, Bursey CR (2017). "Cyrtodactylus yoshii (Yoshi's Bow-fingered Gecko) Endoparasites". Herpetological Review 48 (2): 436.
  • Hikida T (1990). "Bornean gekkonid lizards of the genus Cyrtodactylus (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) with descriptions of three new species". Japanese Journal of Herpetology 13 (3): 91–107. (Cyrtodactylus yoshii, new species).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Cyrtodactylus yoshii, p. 67). (in German).



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