The irregular bow-fingered gecko (''Cyrtodactylus irregularis'') is a
species
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of
lizard
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in the
family
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Gekkonidae
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. The species is
endemic
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to
Vietnam
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.
Description
''C. irregularis'' may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of .
Dorsally
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, it is grayish-brown, with dark brown, white-edged, angular spots or crossbands. A curved band extends across the nape of the neck from eye to eye. Ventrally, it is whitish.
[ Smith MA (1935). ''The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II.—Sauria.'' London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + 2 maps. (''Gymnodactylus irregularis'', pp. 51-52).]
Reproduction
''C. irregularis'' is
oviparous
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References
Further reading
*Nguyen, Van Sang; Ho, Thu Cuc; Nguyen, Quang Truong (2009). ''Herpetofauna of Vietnam''. Frankfurt am Main: Edition Chimaira / Serpents Tale. 768 pp. .
*Rösler, Herbert (2000). "''Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)'' ". ''Gekkota'' 2: 28–153. (''Cyrtodactylus irregularis'', new combination, p. 66). (in German).
* Smith MA (1921). "New or Little-known Reptiles and Batrachians from Southern Annam (Indo-China)". ''Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London'' 1921: 423–440. (''Gymnodactylus peguensis'' Var. ''irregularis'', new variety, p. 428, Text-figure 1B).
Cyrtodactylus
Reptiles described in 1921
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