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Cyrtodactylus oldhami (THEOBALD, 1876)

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Oldham's Bow-fingered Gecko
G: Oldhams Bogenfingergecko 
SynonymGymnodactylus oldhami THEOBALD 1876: 81
Gymnodactylus oldhami — BOULENGER 1885: 38
Gymnodactylus oldhami — ANNANDALE 1905
Gymnodactylus oldhamii — ANNANDALE 1913: 320
Gymnodactylus oldhami — RENDAHL 1937
Cyrtodactylus oldhami — TAYLOR 1963: 725
Cyrtodactylus oldhami — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 223
Cyrtodactylus (Cyrtodactylus) oldhami — RÖSLER 2000: 66
 
Distribution(Tavoy District), S Burma (= Myanmar),
S Thailand (Chumphon, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Petchaburi, Phuket)

Type locality: unknown (fide MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997)  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZSI 5858 
Diagnosis 
CommentDistribution: Has been erroneously (?) reported from India. 
EtymologyNamed after Richard Oldham (1837-1864), a gardener at Kew. 
References
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