Yoshi's bow-fingered gecko
| Yoshi's bow-fingered gecko | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Cyrtodactylus |
| Species: | C. yoshii
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| Binomial name | |
| Cyrtodactylus yoshii Hikida, 1990
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Yoshi's bow-fingered gecko (Cyrtodactylus yoshii) s a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Malaysia.
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, yoshii, is in honor of Japanese biologist Ryozo Yoshii (died ca. 1999).[2][3]
Geographic range
[edit]C. yoshii is found in the Malaysian state of Sabah on the island of Borneo.[3]
Habitat
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]C. yoshii preys upon large insects.[4]
Reproduction
[edit]C. yoshii is oviparous,[3] but further details of its reproductive habits are unknown.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ 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).
- ^ a b c Cyrtodactylus yoshii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2018.
- ^ 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
[edit]- 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).