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.
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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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Etymology
editThe specific name, deveti, is in honor of Dutch neurosurgeon Arnold C. De Vet (1904–2001).[3]
Geographic range
editC. deveti is found in the northern Moluccas, on the islands of Halmahera and Morotai.[2]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitat of C. deveti is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 600 m (2,000 ft).[1]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Iskandar, D.; Stubbs, A. (2021). "Cyrtodactylus deveti ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T178642A123636624. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c 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).
Further reading
edit- 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).