Cyrtodactylus cavernicolus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtodactylus
Species: Cyrtodactylus cavernicolus

Name

Cyrtodactylus cavernicolus Inger & King, 1961: 274

• Holotype: FMNH 128388.
• Type locality: “Great Cave at Niah, Fourth Division, Sarawak”.

References

Primary references

• Inger, R.F. & King, F.W. 1961. A new cave-dwelling lizard of the genus Cyrtodactylus from Niah. Sarawak Museum Journal 11: 274–276. Reference page. 

Links

• Das, I., Inger, R.F., Iskandar, D. & McGuire, J. 2021. IUCN: Cyrtodactylus cavernicolus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T178444A114657744. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T178444A114657744.en. Accessed on 03 September 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Great Cave Bow-fingered Gecko