The Sabah bow-fingered gecko (Cyrtodactylus ingeri), also known commonly as Inger's bow-fingered gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Sabah in Malaysia.

Etymology

The specific name, ingeri, is in honor of American herpetologist Robert F. Inger.

Sabah bow-fingered gecko

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. ingeri is forest, at altitudes from sea level to .

Sabah bow-fingered gecko

Description

C. ingeri may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of .

Sabah bow-fingered gecko

Reproduction

C. ingeri is oviparous. Clutch size is two eggs. Each egg measures 12 mm x 9 mm (.47 in x .35 in).

References

Further reading

Hikida, Tsutomu (1990). "Bornean gekkonid lizards of the genus Cyrtodactylus (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) with descriptions of three new species". Japanese Journal of Herpetology 13 (3): 91-107. (Cyrtodactylus ingeri, new species). Rösler, Herbert (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Cyrtodactylus ingeri, p. 66). (in German). Tan, Fiu Lian (1993). Checklist of the Lizards of Sabah, Borneo. Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia: Natural History Publications. 18 pp. (Gonydactylus ingeri, new combination).

Cyrtodactylus

Reptiles described in 1990

Taxa named by Tsutomu Hikida

Endemic fauna of Borneo

Reptiles of Borneo