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Ring-tailed gecko
Cyrtodactylus - Gray, 1827

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

Taxonomic notes:

Cyrtodactylus abrae Wells 2002 is an invalid name/taxon that appears to be based on a single photo published in 1975 of a specimen from an unknown location.1

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
 

Pascoe River ring-tailed gecko (Cyrtodactylus adorus)
Pascoe River area, Queensland
Photo © Conrad Hoskin
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
"Scales in posteriormost enlarged femoroprecloacal row > 50; Dark body bands with a sharply defined anterior margin; forelimb with small tubercles."2

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
"Scales in posteriormost enlarged femoroprecloacal row < 50; Dark body bands with darker anterior and posterior margins; femoroprecloacal pores in males in a continuous series from knee to knee; Dark bars present ventrolaterally in the pale interspaces between the dark body bands, 38–44 ventral scale rows at midbody between ventrolateral skin folds."2

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.3

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
"Scales in posteriormost enlarged femoroprecloacal row < 50; Dark body bands usually with only a darker posterior margin; femoroprecloacal pores in males in three patches, separated by several scales lacking pores."2

McIlwraith ring-tailed gecko (Cyrtodactylus pronarus)
McIlwraith Range, Queensland
Photo © Michael Anthony
McIlwraith ring-tailed gecko (Cyrtodactylus pronarus) distribution range map Cyrtodactylus pronarus
McIlwraith ring-tailed gecko
Year described
Shea, Couper, Worthington Wilmer & Amey 2011
Description
"Scales in posteriormost enlarged femoroprecloacal row > 50; Dark body bands without a sharply defined anterior margin; tubercles on forelimb sparse to absent."2

giant gecko (Cyrtodactylus sadleiri)
Christmas Island
Photo © Hal Cogger
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
"Scales in posteriormost enlarged femoroprecloacal row < 50; Dark body bands with darker anterior and posterior margins; femoroprecloacal pores in males in a continuous series from knee to knee; No dark bars present ventrolaterally in the pale interspaces between the dark body bands, although a series of rounded spots may be present; 24–37 ventral scale rows at midbody between ventrolateral skin folds."2

References
  1. Couper, P.J.; Amey, A.P.; & Shea, G.M. (2004). Comments on the taxonomic status of Cyrtodactylus abrae Wells 2002. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 49(2):648-673. - search web for this article
  2. Shea, Glenn; Couper, Patrick; Worthington Wilmer, Jessica; & Amey, Andrew (2011). Revision of the genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in Australia. Zootaxa, 3146:1-63.
  3. 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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