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Cyrtodactylus marmoratus GRAY, 1831

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Marbled Bow-fingered Gecko 
SynonymGoniodactylus marmoratus KUHL in SCHLEGEL 1826 (nomen nudum)
Cyrtodactylus marmoratus GRAY in GRIFFITH & PIDGEON 1831: 51
Phyllurus marmoratus BOIE in FITZINGER 1826 (nomen nudum)
Gymnodactylus marmoratus — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1836: 426
Gonyodactylus marmoratus — FITZINGER 1843
Gymnodactylus marmoratus — BOULENGER 1885: 44
Gymnodactylus marmoratus — STRAUCH 1887: 52
Gymnodactylus marmoratus var. quadrilineatus WERNER 1896
Gymnodactylus marmoratus — DE ROOIJ 1915: 13
Gymnodactylus marmoratus — MERTENS 1930: 124
Cyrtodactylus marmoratus — GRANDISON 1972: 81
Gonydactylus marmoratus — KLUGE 1991
Cyrtodactylus (Cyrtodactylus) marmoratus — RÖSLER 2000: 66
Cyrtodactylus marmoratus — RÖSLER et al. 2007
Cyrtodactylus marmoratus —  RÖSLER & GLAW 2008
Cyrtodactylus aff. marmoratus — RÖSLER 2016: 13 
DistributionIndonesia (Java, Halmahera, Soah, Konorah) [Cyrtodactylus fumosus]

Type locality: Java  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: RMNH 2710a.1, designated by Kluge 1985. The type series of C. marmoratus at RMNH actually comprises two sets of specimens, plus paralectotypes. 
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CommentDistribution: DRING (1979) states that records from Tailand (Narathiwat Province and Bukit Besar) are in fact C. quadrivirgatus. Not on Sulawesi fide Riyanto et al. 2016: 59. Not in Sumatra, Malaysia, nor Papua New Guinea (West Papua) fide Iskandar & McGuire 2018 (IUCN assessment). For a map of localities on Java see Riyanto et al. 2025: 83 (Fig. 1)

Synonymy: Gray 1831 did not use the name Cyrtodactylus marmoratus as stated in some synonymies but “Marbled Cyrtodactyle. Marmoratus Gonyodactylus, Kuhl. MSS.”, the latter indicating a manuscript by Kuhl. RÖSLER et al. 2007 revalidated Cyrtodactylus agamensis but their diagnosis of this species is fairly vague. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin marmorata, marbled. 
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