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Bent-toed Gecko

Cyrtodactylus sp

Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

small gecko found in a cave, about 12cm (4")

Habitat:

cave

Notes:

I saw a few geckos in Pungiton cave. I have seen geckos before in caves but right near the entrance, this one was further in, where it is pitch black. I can see the appeal though, as the cave was filled with crickets.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
Dan Doucette
Thanks Chun, Scott and Jellis. I would agree with Cyrtodactylus, but finding a species may be difficult. Chun is right, this area isn't well documented, that plus the fact that Cyrtodactylus is the largest genera of gecko with over 135 species make this very difficult to ID to the species level.
Jellis
Nice spotting. Interesting gecko
Scott Frazier
I looked at this last night and could not match it to species but I do think it is Cyrtodactylus sp., the so called bent-toed geckos or bow-fingered geckos. See the right front leg in the photos.
ChunXingWong
This is a mystery gecko. The best ID I could find is Cyrtodactylus cavernicolus, a cave-dwelling species endemic to North Borneo. Unfortunately their body patterns do not match. Your lizard looks more like the arboreal C. baluensis and lowland rainforest's C. pubisulcus. I think this spotting may even be a new species since that place is almost untouched by human (and herpetologists too)

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