Hikida's bow-fingered gecko

Hikida's bow-fingered gecko (Cyrtodactylus matsuii), also known commonly as Matsui's bent-toed gecko and the Sabah mountain bent-toed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to the island of Borneo.

Etymology The specific name, matsuii, is in honor of Japanese herpetologist Masafumi Matsui.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Cyrtodactylus matsuii, p. 171).

Geographic distribution On Borneo, Cyrtodactylus matsuii is found in the Malaysian state of Sabah.

Habitat The preferred habitat of Cyrtodactylus matsuii is montane forests at altitudes of .

Description Cyrtodactylus matsuii is heavy-bodied and may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of . Dorsally, it has a pattern of irregular dark brown crossbars on a ground color which is yellowish tan. Ventrally, it is uniformly pale gray or pale brown.Das I (2006). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Borneo. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Book. 144 pp. . ("Matsui's Bent-toed Gecko Cyrtodactylus matsuii ", p. 95).

Diet Cyrtodactylus matsuii preys on arthropods, especially insects.

Reproduction Cyrtodactylus matsuii is oviparous. However, details of its reproductive habits are unrecorded.

References

Further reading Hikida, Tsutomu (1990). "Bornean gekkonid lizards of the genus Cyrtodactylus (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) with descriptions of three new species". Japanese Journal of Herpetology 13 (3): 91–107. (Cyrtodactylus matsuii, new species). Malkmus, Rudolf; Manthey, Ulrich; Vogel, Gernot; Hoffmann, Peter; Kosuch, Joachim (2002). Amphibians and Reptiles of Mount Kinabalu (North Borneo). Ruggell, Liechtenstein: A.R.G. Ganther Verlag. 424 pp. . Rösler, Herbert (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannte Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha) ". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Cyrtodactylus matsuii, p. 66). (in German). Tan, Fui Lian (1993). Checklist of Lizards of Sabah. Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia: White Lotus Press. 18 pp.