Cyrtodactylus brevipalmatus (Smith, 1923)

Cook-Price, Dawn R., Makchai, Sunchai, Naithani, Archana, Pawangkhanant, Parinya & Suwanwaree, Pongthep, 2025, Lizard survey of Ko Pha-gnan in the Surat Thani Province, Thailand, Biodiversity Data Journal 13, pp. e 154712-e 154712 : e154712-

Cyrtodactylus brevipalmatus (Smith, 1923)

Short-hand forest gecko.

Distribution

Two individuals were observed in one National Park forest transect.

Notes

This species (Fig. 5 ) is primarily diurnal often sharing fragmented rocky habitats with nocturnal sympatric species in the genus Cyrtodactylus ( Nguyen et al. 2020) . Diet consists of a variety of insects and other invertebrates. Defining features of this species include the presence of femoral pores in the female and circular tail rather than square in cross section sampling. This species is predominantly arboreal, cryptic in colouration with varying shades of brown and a curled prehensile tail ( Grismer 2008, Grismer et al. 2021, Grismer et al. 2023, Chomdej et al. 2023).

Figures

Figure 5. Gekkonidae lizards. A, B Cnemaspis chanardi (photo credit: James Covert); C Gekko gecko (photo credit: Vikas Kumar); D, E Cyrtodactylus brevipalmatus; F Hemidactylus frenatus; G Cyrtodactylus zebraicus; H Hemidactylus frenatus; I Hemidactylus platyurus; J, K Gekko (Ptychozoon) kuhli.