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Sanpel Cave bent-toed gecko

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Sanpel Cave bent-toed gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtodactylus
Species:
C. sanpelensis
Binomial name
Cyrtodactylus sanpelensis
Grismer, Wood Jr., Thura, Zin, Quah, Murdoch, Grismer, Lin, Kyaw, & Lwin, 2017

The Sanpel Cave bent-toed gecko (Cyrtodactylus sanpelensis) is a species of gecko that is endemic to Asia.[1] The specific epithet, sanpelensis, is a noun in apposition in reference to the type locality of Sanpel Cave.[2] This species of gecko is widely distributed across southeast Asia, including Myanmar and Thailand.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Cyrtodactylus sanpelensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Cyrtodactylus sanpelensis".
  3. ^ Chomdej, Siriwadee; Pradit, Waranee; Suwannapoom, Chatmongkon; Pawangkhanant, Parinya; Nganvongpanit, Korakot; Poyarkov, Nikolay A.; Che, Jing; Gao, Yangchun; Gong, Shiping (27 January 2021). "Phylogenetic analyses of distantly related clades of bent-toed geckos (genus Cyrtodactylus) reveal an unprecedented amount of cryptic diversity in northern and western Thailand". Scientific Reports. 11 (1): 2328. Bibcode:2021NatSR..11.2328C. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-70640-8. PMC 7840752. PMID 33504821.