Oldham's bow-fingered gecko (''Cyrtodatylus oldhami'') 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 native to
Myanmar
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and
Thailand
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.
Etymology
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specific name Specific name may refer to:
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* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''oldhami'', and the common name, Oldham's bow-fingered gecko, are in honor of English plant collector Richard Oldham (1837–1864).
Geographic range
''C. oldhami'' is found in southern Myanmar and southern Thailand.
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Habitat
The preferred natural habitat
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of ''C. oldhami'' is forest
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, at altitudes from sea level to .[
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Description
''C. oldhami'' may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of , plus a tail long.[ Smith, Malcolm A. (1935).]
Reproduction
''C. oldhami'' is oviparous
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References
Further reading
*Rösler, Herbert; Glaw, Frank (2008). "A new species of ''Cyrtodactylus'' Gray
Grey (more frequent in British English) or gray (more frequent in American English) is an intermediate color between black and white. It is a neutral or achromatic color, meaning that it has no chroma. It is the color of a cloud-covered s ...
, 1827 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Malaysia including a literature survey of mensural and meristic data in the genus". ''Zootaxa'' 1729: 8-22.
* Smith, Malcolm A. (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 oldhami'', p. 50 + Plate I, figure C).
* Taylor, Edward H. (1963). "The Lizards of Thailand". ''University of Kansas Science Bulletin'' 44 (14): 687–1077. (''Cyrtodactylus oldhami'', new combination, pp. 725–728, Figure 6).
* Theobald, William (1876). ''Descriptive Catalogue of the Reptiles of British India''. Calcutta: Thacker, Spink and Co. x + 238 + xxxviii + xii + four unnumbered plates + Plates I-II. (''Gymnodactylus oldhami'', new species, pp. 81–82).
Reptiles of Myanmar
Geckos of Thailand
Cyrtodactylus
Reptiles described in 1876
Taxa named by William Theobald
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