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Oldham's bow-fingered gecko
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Cyrtodactylus
Species:	C. oldhami
Binomial name
Cyrtodactylus oldhami (Theobald, 1876)
Synonyms
Gymnodactylus oldhami Theobald, 1876 Gymnodactylus oldhami — Boulenger, 1885 Cyrtodactylus oldhami — Taylor, 1963 Cyrtodactylus oldhami — Manthey & W. Grossmann, 1997 Cyrtodactylus (Cyrtodactylus) oldhami — Rösler, 2000

Oldham's bow-fingered gecko (Cyrtodatylus oldhami) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to Myanmar and Thailand.

Etymology

Both the specific name, 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.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. oldhami is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 150 m (490 ft).

Description

C. oldhami may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 6.5 cm (2.6 in), plus a tail 7.5 cm (3.0 in) long.

Reproduction

C. oldhami is oviparous.

References

1. ^ Lwin K, Cota M, Wogan G (2018). "Cyrtodactylus oldhami ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T104695594A104718666. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T104695594A104718666.en. Downloaded on 29 November 2020.
2. ^ "Cyrtodactylus oldhami ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
3. "Cyrtodactylus oldhami ". uBIO. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
4. "Cyrtodactylus oldhami ". Animal Diversity. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
5. "Cyrtodactylus oldhami ". Thai National Parks. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
6. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cyrtodactylus oldhami, p. 194).
7. Smith, Malcolm A. (1935).

Further reading

• Rösler, Herbert; Glaw, Frank (2008). "A new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 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).

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