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Cyrtodactylus baluensis (MOCQUARD, 1890)

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Balu Bow-fingered Gecko 
SynonymGymnodactylus Baluensis MOCQUARD 1890: 144
Gymnodactylus Baluensis MOCQUARD 1890: 125
Gymnodactylus baluensis — DE ROOIJ 1915: 14
Gymnodactylus baluensis — SMITH 1925: 6
Cyrtodactylus baluensis — RÖSLER 1995: 108
Gonydactylus baluensis — TAN 1993
Cyrtodactylus baluensis — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 218
Cyrtodactylus (Cyrtodactylus) baluensis — RÖSLER 2000: 65
Cyrtodactylus baluensis — MECKE et al. 2016 
DistributionMalaysia (Borneo, Mount Kinabalu)

Type locality: “Kina Balu” [Sabah, Borneo]  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: BMNH 1946.8.23.18, MNHN-RA 1889.0152-0156 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Differs from G. marmoratus in the following points: dorsal granulation and tubercles smaller; femoral pores 6-9 on each side, 9 or 10 praeanal pores in an angular series, separated by a wide interspace from the former. Lower side of tail with enlarged transverse plates (de Rooij 1915: 14). 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
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  • Goldberg, Stephen R. 2012. Notes on reproduction of the Kinabalu bow-fingered gecko, Cyrtodactylus baluensis (Squamata: Gekkonidae), from Sabah, Malaysia. Hamadryad 36 (1): 42-44 - 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, L. L., Wood, P. L., Poyarkov, N. A., Le, M. D., Kraus, F., Agarwal, I., ... & Grismer, J. L. 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
  • Grismer, L. Lee & Ahmad, N. 2008. A new insular species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Langkawi Archipelago, Kedah, Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa 1924: 53–68 - get paper here
  • Grismer, L. Lee; Chan K. Onn; Grismer, J.L.; Wood, P.L. & Belabut, D. 2008. Three new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa 1921: 1–23 - get paper here
  • Grismer, L. Lee; Perry L. Wood, Jr. and Kelvin K. P. Lim 2012. Cyrtodactylus majulah, a new species of bent-toed gecko (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Singapore and the Riau Archipelago. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 60 (2): 487-499 - get paper here
  • Grismer, L.L.; Wood, P.L. & Youmans, T.M. 2007. Redescription of the gekkonid lizard Cyrtodactylus sworderi (SMITH 1925) from Southern Peninsular Malaysia. Hamadryad 31 (2): 250-257 - get paper here
  • HARTMANN, LUKAS; SVEN MECKE, MAX KIECKBUSCH, FELIX MADER, HINRICH KAISER 2016. A new species of bent-toed gecko, genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae), from Jawa Timur Province, Java, Indonesia, with taxonomic remarks on C. fumosus (Müller, 1895). Zootaxa 4067 (5): 552–568 - get paper here
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  • Welton, L.J, Siler, C.D., Diesmos, A.C. & Brown, R.M. 2010. Phylogeny-based species delimitation of southern Philippines bent-toed geckos and a new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from western Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago. Zootaxa 2390: 49–68 - get paper here
  • Welton, Luke J.; Cameron D. Siler, Arvin Diesmos, and Rafe M. Brown 2009. A NEW BENT-TOED GECKO (GENUS CYRTODACTYLUS) FROM SOUTHERN PALAWAN ISLAND, PHILIPPINES AND CLARIFICATION OF THE TAXONOMIC STATUS OF C. ANNULATUS. Herpetologica 65 (3): 328-343 - get paper here
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