Cyrtodactylus chanhomeae is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Thailand.
Etymology The specific name, chanhomeae (genitive, feminine) is in honor of Thai herpetologist Lawan Chanhome.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Cyrtodactylus chanhomeae, p. 51). She specializes in studying the venomous snakes of Thailand.
Geographic range C. chanhomeae is found in central Thailand, in Saraburi Province.
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of C. chanhomeae is dry caves.
Description Medium-sized for its genus, C. chanhomae may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about .
Reproduction C. chanhomeae is oviparous.
References
Further reading Bauer AM, Sumontha M, Pauwels OSG (2003). "Two new species of Cyrtodactylus (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Thailand". Zootaxa 376: 1–18. (Cyrtodactylus chanhomeae, new species). Chan-ard T, Parr JWK, Nabhitabhata J (2015). A Field Guide to the Reptiles of Thailand. New York: Oxford University Press. 352 pp. (hardcover), (paperback).