Cyrtodactylus hikidai explained

Cyrtodactylus hikidai is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to the island of Natuna Besar in Indonesia.

Etymology

The specific name, hikidai, is in honor of Japanese herpetologist Tsutomu Hikida.

Description

Large for its genus, C. hikidai may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 10.2cm (04inches).

Further reading

• Riyanto A (2012). "Cyrtodactylus hikidai sp. nov. (Squamata: Gekkonidae): a new bent toed gecko from Mount Ranai, Bunguran island, Indonesia". Zootaxa 3583: 22–30. (Cyrtodactylus hikidai, new species).