Cyrtodactylus lekaguli, also known commonly as the tuk-kai Boonsong bent-toed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Thailand.
Etymology The specific name, lekaguli, is in honor of Thai herpetologist Boonsong Lekagul (1907–1992).Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ("Boonsong", p. 31).
Geographic range C. lekaguli is found in southern Thailand, in the provinces of Phang Nga, Suret Thani, and Trang.
Habitat The preferred natural habitats of C. lekaguli are forest and dry caves.
Description Large for its genus, C. lekaguli may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of . Adult females are slightly smaller than adult males, an example of sexual dimorphism.
Reproduction The mode of reproduction of C. lekaguli is unknown.
References
Further reading Grismer LL, Wood PL, Quah ESH, Anuar S, Muin MA, Sumontha M, Ahmad N, Bauer AM, Wangkulangkul S, Grismer JL, Pauwels OSG (2012). "A phylogeny and taxonomy of the Thai-Malay Peninsula Bent-toed Geckos of the Cyrtodactylus pulchellus complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae): combined morphological and molecular analyses with descriptions of seven new species". Zootaxa 3520: 1–55. (Cyrtodactylus lekaguli, new species).