Oldham's bow-fingered gecko

Oldham's bow-fingered gecko (Cyrtodactylus oldhami) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to Myanmar and Thailand.

Etymology Both the specific name, oldhami, and the common name, Oldham's bow-fingered gecko, are in honor of English plant collector Richard Oldham (1837–1864).Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Cyrtodactylus oldhami, p. 194).

Geographic range Cyrtodactylus oldhami is found in southern Myanmar and southern Thailand.

Habitat The preferred natural habitat of Cyrtodactylus oldhami is forest, at altitudes from sea level to .

Description Cyrtodactylus oldhami may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of , plus a tail long.Smith, Malcolm A. (1935).

Reproduction Cyrtodactylus oldhami is oviparous.

References

Further reading Rösler, Herbert; Glaw, Frank (2008). "A new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Malaysia including a literature survey of mensural and meristic data in the genus". Zootaxa 1729: 8–22. Smith, Malcolm A. (1935). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II.—Sauria. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + 2 maps. (Gymnodactylus oldhami, p. 50 + Plate I, figure C). Taylor, Edward H. (1963). "The Lizards of Thailand". University of Kansas Science Bulletin 44 (14): 687–1077. (Cyrtodactylus oldhami, new combination, pp. 725–728, Figure 6). Theobald, William (1876). Descriptive Catalogue of the Reptiles of British India. Calcutta: Thacker, Spink and Co. x + 238 + xxxviii + xii + four unnumbered plates + Plates I–II. (Gymnodactylus oldhami, new species, pp. 81–82).