Biology:Tenggol Island bent-toed 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. leegrismeri
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| Cyrtodactylus leegrismeri Chan & Ahmad, 2010
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The Tenggol Island bent-toed gecko (Cyrtodactylus leegrismeri) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Tenggol Island in Malaysia.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, leegrismeri, is in honor of American herpetologist Larry Lee Grismer.[2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of C. leegrismeri are forest and rocky areas, at altitudes of 9–80 m (30–262 ft).[3]
Description
C. leegrismeri may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 9.2 cm (3.6 in).[1]
Behavior
C. leegrismeri is nocturnal, terrestrial, and scansorial.[3]
Reproduction
C. leegrismeri is oviparous.[1] Clutch size is two eggs.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Cyrtodactylus leegrismeri 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 leegrismeri, p. 109).
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Further reading
- Chan KO, Ahmad N (2010). "A new insular species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northeastern Peninsular Malaysia, Malaysia". Zootaxa 2389: 47–56. (Cyrtodactylus leegrismeri, new species).
- Grismer LL (2011). Lizards of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and their Adjacent Archipelagos. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. 728 pp. ISBN:978-3899734843.
- Grismer LL, Quah ESH (2019). "An updated and annotated checklist of the lizards of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, and their adjacent archipelagos". Zootaxa 4545 (2): 230–248.
Wikidata ☰ Q3009296 entry
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