Huynh's bent-toed gecko

Huynh's bent-toed gecko (Cyrtodactylus huynhi), also known commonly as Huynh's bow-fingered gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Vietnam.

Etymology The specific name, huynhi, is in honor of Vietnamese biologist Dang Huy Huynh.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2012). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Cyrtodactylus huynhi, p. 128).

Geographic range C. huynhi is found in southern Vietnam. The type locality is Chua Chan Mountain, Dong Nai Province.

Habitat The preferred natural habitats of C. huynhi are forest and dry caves, at altitudes of .

Reproduction C. huynhi is oviparous.

References

Further reading Goldberg S, Bursey CR, Grismer LL (2019). "Notizen zur Fortpflanzung von Huynhs Bogenfingergecko Cyrtodactylus huynhi (Squamata, Gekkonidae) aus Vietnam ". Sauria 41 (3): 56–57. (in German). Ngo Van Tri; Bauer, Aaron M. (2008). "Descriptions of two new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray 1827 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) endemic to southern Vietnam". Zootaxa 1715: 27–42. (Cyrtodactylus huynhi, new species). Nguyen SV, Ho CT, Nguyen TQ (2009). Herpetofauna of Vietnam. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira / Serpents Tale. 768 pp. .