Darmandville bow-fingered gecko explained

The Darmandville bow-fingered gecko (Cyrtodactylus darmandvillei) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Indonesia.

Etymology

The specific name, darmandvillei, is in honor of Jesuit Missionary Father Cornelis J. F. le Coq d'Armandville (1846–1896).^[1]

Geographic range

C. darmandvillei is found on the Indonesian islands of Flores, Komodo, Lombok, Pulau Kalao, and Sumbawa.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of C. darmandvillei are forest and freshwater wetlands, at altitudes from sea level to 650m (2,130feet).

Description

The holotype of C. darmandvillei has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 8.5cm (03.3inches) and a tail length of 10cm (00inches).^[2]

Behavior

C. darmandvillei is both terrestrial and arboreal.

Reproduction

C. darmandvillei is oviparous.

Further reading

• Mecke S, Kieckbusch M, Hartmann L, Kaiser H (2016). "Historical considerations and comments on the type series of Cyrtodactylus marmoratus Gray, 1831, with an updated comparative table for the bent-toed geckos of the Sunda Islands and Sulawesi". Zootaxa 4175 (4): 353–365.
• Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Cyrtodactylus darmandvillei, p. 65). (in German).
• Weber M (1890). "Reptilia from the Malay Archipelago. 1. Sauria, Crocodilidae, Chelonia". pp. 158–177. (in English). In: Weber M (1890). Zoologische Ergebnisse einer Reise in Niederländische Ost-Indien, Erster Band [Volume I]. Leiden: E.J. Brill. xi + 460 pp. + Plates I–XXV. (in German, English, and Latin). (Gymnodactylus d'armandvillei, new species, pp. 163–164 + Plate XIV, figure 1).

Notes and References

1. [species:Bo Beolens|Beolens, Bo]
2. [Max Carl Wilhelm Weber|Weber M]