The Sabah bow-fingered gecko (''Cyrtodactylus ingeri''), also known commonly as Inger's bow-fingered gecko,
[ is a ]species
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of lizard
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in the family
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Gekkonidae
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. The species is endemic
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to Sabah
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in Malaysia
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.
Etymology
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, ''ingeri'', is in honor of American herpetologist Robert F. Inger
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.[Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Cyrtodactylus ingeri'', p. 129).]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat
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of ''C. ingeri'' is forest
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, at altitudes from sea level to .
Description
''C. ingeri'' may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of .[ Das I (2006). ''A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Borneo''. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. . (''Cyrtodactylus ingeri'', p. 94).]
Reproduction
''C. ingeri'' is oviparous
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.[ ]Clutch
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size is two eggs. Each egg measures 12 mm x 9 mm (.47 in x .35 in).[
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References
Further reading
*Hikida, Tsutomu (1990). "Bornean gekkonid lizards of the genus ''Cyrtodactylus'' (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) with descriptions of three new species". ''Japanese Journal of Herpetology'' 13 (3): 91-107. (''Cyrtodactylus ingeri'', new species).
*Rösler, Herbert (2000). "''Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)''". ''Gekkota'' 2: 28–153. (''Cyrtodactylus ingeri'', p. 66). (in German).
*Tan, Fiu Lian (1993). ''Checklist of the Lizards of Sabah, Borneo''. Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia: Natural History Publications. 18 pp. (''Gonydactylus ingeri'', new combination).
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Cyrtodactylus
Reptiles described in 1990
Taxa named by Tsutomu Hikida
Endemic fauna of Borneo
Reptiles of Borneo