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Borneo Bow-fingered Gecko
Cyrtodactylus malayanus
Cyrtodactylus (Greek κυρτος kurtos "curved", from κυπτω kuptō "to stoop"; δακτυλος daktulos "finger, toe") is a diverse genus of Asian geckos, commonly known as bent-toed geckos, bow-fingered geckos, and forest geckos. The genus has 407 described species as of 2026, which makes it the largest of all gecko genera and the second-largest of all reptile genera, behind the genus Anolis, with 428 described species.
From the article Cyrtodactylus on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Instead of possessing dilated digits like other geckos, members of Cyrtodactylus have slender, curved toes to which the common names for the genus can be attributed.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 33309.