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Cyrtodactylus elok DRING, 1979

IUCN Red List - Cyrtodactylus elok - Least Concern, LC
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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Malaysia Bow-fingered Gecko, White-eyed Forest Gecko, Beautiful Bent-toed Gecko
G: Weissaugen-Bogenfingergecko 
SynonymCyrtodactylus elok DRING 1979: 223
Cyrtodactylus (Cyrtodactylus) elok — RÖSLER 2000: 65
Cyrtodactylus elok — GRISMER 2005
Cyrtodactylus elok — GRISMER 2011: 394
Cyrtodactylus elok — GRISMER & QUAH 2019 
DistributionW Malaysia (N Trengganu, Cameron highlands), Thailand

Type locality: “base camp of the Gunung Benom expedition (215 m elevation)”, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1967.2783, adult male, paratype: BMNH 
DiagnosisDIAGNOSIS. A Cyrtodactylus with greatly enlarged proximal subdigital lamellae and with basally webbed toes, lacking femoral pores or enlarged femoral scales, but with a weakly arched series of preanal pores. (Dring 1979)


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CommentDistribution: See map in Harvey et al. 2016: 526 (Fig. 5). 
EtymologyNamed after Malay “elok” = beautiful. 
References
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  • Dring J C M 1979. Amphibians and reptiles from northern Trengganu, Malaysia, with descriptions of two new geckos: Cnemaspis and Cyrtodactylus. Bulletin of the British Museum (NATURAL HISTORY) ZOOLOGY 34 (5): 181-241 - get paper here
  • Grismer L. Lee 2005. New species of Bent-toed Gecko (Cyrtodactylus Gray 1827) from Pulau Aur, Johor, West Malaysia. Journal of Herpetology 39 (3):424-432. - get paper here
  • Grismer L. Lee & Leong, T.M. 2005. New Species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Southern Peninsular Malaysia. Journal of Herpetology 39 (4): 584-591 - get paper here
  • Grismer LL, Rujirawan A, Chomdej S, Suwannapoom C, Yodthong S, Aksornneam A, Aowphol A 2023. A new species of the Cyrtodactylus brevipalmatus group (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from the uplands of western Thailand. ZooKeys 1141: 93–118 - get paper here
  • Grismer LL, Rujirawan A, Yodthong S, Stuart BL, Le Duc M, Trung Le D, Chuaynkern Y, Wood, Jr.PL, Aowphol A 2022. The taxonomy and phylogeny of the Cyrtodactylus brevipalmatus group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) with emphasis on C. interdigitalis and C. ngati. Vertebrate Zoology 72 245–269 - get paper here
  • Grismer, L. L., Wood, P. L., Poyarkov, N. A., Le, M. D., Kraus, F., Agarwal, I., Oliver, P.M., Nguyen, S.N., Nguyen, T.Q., Karunarathna, S., Welton, L.J., Stuart, B.L., Luu, V.Q., Bauer, A.M., O’Connell, K.A., Quah, E.S.H., Chan. K,O., Ziegler, T., N 2021. Phylogenetic partitioning of the third-largest vertebrate genus in the world, Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Reptilia; Squamata; Gekkonidae) and its relevance to taxonomy and conservation. Vertebrate Zoology 71: 101–154 - get paper here
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