Biology:Moluccan bow-fingered gecko
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Short description: Species of lizard
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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. deveti
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| Binomial name | |
| Cyrtodactylus deveti (Brongersma, 1948)
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The Moluccan bow-fingered gecko (Cyrtodactylus deveti) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to the Moluccas in Indonesia.
Etymology
The specific name, deveti, is in honor of Dutch neurosurgeon Arnold C. De Vet (1904–2001).[2]
Geographic range
C. deveti is found in the northern Moluccas, on the islands of Halmahera and Morotai.[1]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of C. deveti is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 600 m (2,000 ft).[3]
Reproduction
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Cyrtodactylus deveti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2018.
- ↑ 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 deveti, p. 71).
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Further reading
- Brongersma LD (1948). "Lizards from the Island of Morotai (Moluccas)". Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Series C. 51: 486–495. (Gymnodactylus deveti, new species, pp. 486–489, Figures 1a–1d).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 2853. (Cyrtodactylus deveti, new combination, p. 65). (in German).
Wikidata ☰ Q5084147 entry
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