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Ring-tailed gecko
Cyrtodactylus - Gray, 1827

Pronunciation: SIR-toe-DAK-till-us
Etymology: 'curved-toe'

Taxonomic notes:

Notes:
Statistics: Reproductive modes:
Oviparous - 7 out of 7 Australian species

Size range:
Smallest Australian species: Kimberley bent-toed gecko (Cyrtodactylus kimberleyensis) at 4.5 cm
 Longest Australian species: McIlwraith ring-tailed gecko (Cyrtodactylus pronarus) at 13 cm
Number of Australian species: 7
 

No thumbnail available Pascoe River ring-tailed gecko (Cyrtodactylus adorus) distribution range map Cyrtodactylus adorus
Pascoe River ring-tailed gecko
Year described
Shea, Couper, Worthington Wilmer & Amey 2011
Description

Hoskin's ring-tailed gecko (Cyrtodactylus hoskini)
Tozer's Gap, Queensland
Photo © Ray Lloyd
Hoskin's ring-tailed gecko (Cyrtodactylus hoskini) distribution range map Cyrtodactylus hoskini
Hoskin's ring-tailed gecko
Year described
Shea, Couper, Worthington Wilmer & Amey 2011
Description

Kimberley bent-toed gecko (Cyrtodactylus kimberleyensis)
East Montalivet Island, Western Australia
Photo © Robert Browne-Cooper
Kimberley bent-toed gecko (Cyrtodactylus kimberleyensis) distribution range map Cyrtodactylus kimberleyensis
Kimberley bent-toed gecko
Year described
Bauer & Doughty 2012
Description
A small, slender gecko. Light brown mottling on back, with small darker blotches. Pale belly. Dark temporal stripe running from posterior of eye to above ear.1

inland ring-tailed gecko (Cyrtodactylus mcdonaldi)
Chillagoe, Queensland
Photo © Stewart Macdonald
inland ring-tailed gecko (Cyrtodactylus mcdonaldi) distribution range map Cyrtodactylus mcdonaldi
Inland ring-tailed gecko
Year described
Shea, Couper, Worthington Wilmer & Amey 2011
Description

No thumbnail available McIlwraith ring-tailed gecko (Cyrtodactylus pronarus) distribution range map Cyrtodactylus pronarus
McIlwraith ring-tailed gecko
Year described
Shea, Couper, Worthington Wilmer & Amey 2011
Description

No thumbnail available giant gecko (Cyrtodactylus sadleiri) distribution range map Cyrtodactylus sadleiri
Giant gecko
Year described
Wells & Wellington 1985
Description

coastal ring-tailed gecko (Cyrtodactylus tuberculatus)
Black Mountain, Queensland
Photo © Stewart Macdonald
coastal ring-tailed gecko (Cyrtodactylus tuberculatus) distribution range map Cyrtodactylus tuberculatus
Coastal ring-tailed gecko
Year described
(De Vis 1892)
Description

References
  1. Bauer, Aaron M. & Doughty, Paul (2012). A new bent-toed gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Cyrtodactylus) from the Kimberley region, Western Australia. Zootaxa, 3187:32-42.
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