Grismer's bent-toed gecko (Cyrtodactylus grismeri) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to southwestern Vietnam.
Etymology The specific name, grismeri, is in honor of American herpetologist Larry Lee Grismer.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Cyrtodactylus grismeri, p. 108).
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of C. grismeri is caves in forest, at altitudes around .
Description C. grismeri is reddish brown, and has an average snout-to-vent length (SVL) of .Ngo VT (2008).
Behavior C. grismeri is terrestrial, nocturnal, and saxicolous.
Reproduction C. grismeri is oviparous.
References
Further reading Grismer LL, Grismer JL (2017). "A re-evaluation of the phylogenetic relationships of the Cyrtodactylus condorensis group (Squamata; Gekkonidae) and a suggested protocol for the characterization of rock-dwelling ecomorphology in Cyrtodactylus. Zootaxa 4300 (4): 486–504. Ngo VT (2008). "Two new cave-dwelling species of Cyrtodactylus Gray (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Southwestern Vietnam". Zootaxa 1909: 37–51. (Cyrtodactylus grismeri, new species). Nguyen VS, Ho TC, Nguyen QT (2008). Herpetofauna of Vietnam. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira / Serpent's Tale. 768 pp. .