The Tenggol Island bent-toed gecko (Cyrtodactylus leegrismeri) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Tenggol Island in Malaysia.

Etymology

The specific name, leegrismeri, is in honor of American herpetologist Larry Lee Grismer.

Tenggol Island bent-toed gecko

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of C. leegrismeri are forest and rocky areas, at altitudes of .

Tenggol Island bent-toed gecko

Description

C. leegrismeri may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of .

Tenggol Island bent-toed gecko

Behavior

C. leegrismeri is nocturnal, terrestrial, and scansorial.

Reproduction

C. leegrismeri is oviparous. Clutch size is two eggs.

References

Further reading

Chan KO, Ahmad N (2010). "A new insular species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northeastern Peninsular Malaysia, Malaysia". Zootaxa 2389: 47–56. (Cyrtodactylus leegrismeri, new species). Grismer LL (2011). Lizards of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and their Adjacent Archipelagos. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. 728 pp. . Grismer LL, Quah ESH (2019). "An updated and annotated checklist of the lizards of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, and their adjacent archipelagos". Zootaxa 4545 (2): 230–248.

Cyrtodactylus

Reptiles described in 2010