| Cyrtodactylus hikidai | |
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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. hikidai |
| Binomial name | |
| Cyrtodactylus hikidai Riyanto, 2012 | |
Cyrtodactylus hikidai is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to the island of Natuna Besar in Indonesia.
Etymology
The specific name, hikidai, is in honor of Japanese herpetologist Tsutomu Hikida.
Description
Large for its genus, C. hikidai may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 10.2 cm (4.0 in).
References
- ^ Cyrtodactylus hikidai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2018.
Further reading
- Riyanto A (2012). "Cyrtodactylus hikidai sp. nov. (Squamata: Gekkonidae): a new bent toed gecko from Mount Ranai, Bunguran island, Indonesia". Zootaxa 3583: 22–30. (Cyrtodactylus hikidai, new species).
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Cyrtodactylus hikidai | |