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Species of lizard

Yoshi's bow-fingered gecko
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtodactylus
Species: C. yoshii
Binomial name
Cyrtodactylus yoshii
Hikida, 1990

Yoshi's bow-fingered gecko (Cyrtodactylus yoshii) s a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Malaysia.

Etymology

The specific name, yoshii, is in honor of Japanese biologist Ryozo Yoshii (died ca. 1999).

Geographic range

C. yoshii is found in the Malaysian state of Sabah on the island of Borneo.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. yoshii is forest, where it can be found on the trunks of trees and on the walls of man-made structures.

Description

Large and robust for its genus, C. yoshii may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 9.6 cm (3.8 in).

Diet

C. yoshii preys upon large insects.

Reproduction

C. yoshii is oviparous, but further details of its reproductive habits are unknown.

References

  1. ^ Iskandar D, McGuire J (2018). "Cyrtodactylus yoshii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T101949835A101949841. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T101949835A101949841.en. Downloaded on 10 December 2020.
  2. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cyrtodactylus yoshii, p. 292).
  3. ^ Cyrtodactylus yoshii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2018.
  4. ^ Das I (2006). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Borneo. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-061-1. (Cyrtodactylus yoshii, p. 97).

Further reading

  • Das I (2005). "Bornean Geckos of the Genus Cyrtodactylus". Gekko 4 (2): 11–19.
  • Goldberg SR, Bursey CR (2017). "Cyrtodactylus yoshii (Yoshi's Bow-fingered Gecko) Endoparasites". Herpetological Review 48 (2): 436.
  • Hikida T (1990). "Bornean gekkonid lizards of the genus Cyrtodactylus (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) with descriptions of three new species". Japanese Journal of Herpetology 13 (3): 91–107. (Cyrtodactylus yoshii, new species).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Cyrtodactylus yoshii, p. 67). (in German).


Taxon identifiers
Cyrtodactylus yoshii


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