The Thochu bent-toed gecko (''Cyrtodactylus thochuensis'') is a
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of
gecko that is endemic to
Thổ Chu Island
Thổ Chu Island ( vi, đảo Thổ Chu or ''đảo Thổ Châu'') is the largest island of Thổ Chu Islands in the Gulf of Thailand. Here lies the administrative center of Thổ Châu Commune, Phú Quốc District, Kiên Giang Province, Viet ...
in southwestern
Vietnam
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.
References
Cyrtodactylus
Reptiles described in 2012
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