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Cyrtodactylus (Greek κυρτος kurtos "curved", from κυπτω kuptō "to stoop"; δακτυλος daktulos "finger, toe")[citation needed] is a diverse genus of Asian geckos, commonly known as bent-toed geckos, bow-fingered geckos, and forest geckos. The genus has 361 described species as of 2024,[1] which makes it the largest of all gecko genera.

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Gekkota
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Cyrtodactylus
Marbled bow-fingered gecko (Cyrtodactylus marmoratus)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Gekkota
Family: Gekkonidae
Subfamily: Gekkoninae
Genus: Cyrtodactylus
Gray, 1827
Species

361, see text.

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Description

Instead of possessing dilated digits like other geckos, members of Cyrtodactylus have slender, curved toes to which the common names for the genus can be attributed.

Taxonomy

The phylogenetic relationships with this genus and the genus Geckoella has not been resolved to date. Based on morphology, Bauer (2002) suggested that it was a subgenus of Cyrtodactylus but a phylogenetic study by Feng et al. (2007), though with inadequate sampling of taxa, restored it to generic status once again.[2][3] All species of Geckoella have been placed here pending a more definitive study.

Phylogeny

The following phylogeny is from Pyron, et al. (2013),[4] and includes 22 Cyrtodactylus species. Cyrtodactylus is a sister group of Hemidactylus.[4]

Cyrtodactylus

Species

The genus Cyrtodactylus contains 361 described species, with new species being described frequently.

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Species Authority Common name Geographic range
C. aaronbaueriPurkayastha, Lalremsanga, Bohra, Biakzuala, Decemson, Muansanga, Vabeiryureilai & Rathee, 2021 India
C. aaroniGünther & Rösler, 2003[5]New Guinea
C. adleriDas, 1997Nicobar Islands, Andaman Sea, India
C. adorusShea, Couper, Wilmer & Amey, 2011[6]Queensland, Australia
C. aequalisBauer, 2003[7]Mon State, Myanmar
C. agamensis(Bleeker, 1860)Agam bow-fingered geckoSumatra, Indonesia
C. agarwaliPurkayastha, Lalremsanga, Bohra, Biakzuala, Decemson, Muansanga, Vabeiryureilai & Rathee, 2021 India
C. agusanensisTaylor, 1915Mindanao bow-fingered geckoMindanao, Philippines
C. albofasciatus(Boulenger, 1885)Boulenger's Indian geckoWestern Ghats, India
C. amphipetraeusChomdej, Suwannapoom, Pawangkhanant, Pradit, Nazarov, Grismer & Poyarkov, 2020Tak bent-toed geckoTak, Thailand
C. angularis(M.A. Smith, 1921)angulated bow-fingered geckoEastern Thailand
C. annandaleiBauer, 2003[7]Annandale's leaf-toed geckoSagaing Division, Myanmar
C. annapurnaensis Bhattari, Gautam, Prasad, Neupane, Khandekar, Thackeray, Agarwal, Tillack, Olson, Hogan & Wright, 2025[8] ACAP leaf-toed gecko Nepal
C. annulatusTaylor, 1915[9]Annulated bow-fingered geckoMindanao, Philippines
C. aravindiNarayanan, Das, Balan, Tom, Divakar, Kp, Hopeland & Deepak, 2022India
C. arcanusOliver, Richards & Sistrom, 2012[10][11]Papua New Guinea
C. arunachalensisMirza, Bhosale, Ansari, Phansalkar, Sawant, Gowande & Patel, 2021[12]India (Arunachal Pradesh)
C. astrumGrismer, Wood, Quah, Anuar, Muin, Sumontha, Ahmad, Bauer, Wangkulangkul, Grismer & Pauwels, 2012[13][14]Starry bent-toed geckoSouthern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia
C. atremus Kraus & Weijola, 2019Papua New Guinea
C. aungliniMurdoch, Grismer, Wood, Thura, Win, Grismer, Trueblood & Quah, 2018[15]Kyauk Nagar Cave bent-toed geckoMyanmar
C. auralensisMurdoch, Grismer, Wood, Neang, Poyarkov, Ngo, Nazarov, Aowphol, Pauwels, Nguyen & Grismer, 2019[15]Phnom Aural bent-toed geckoPhnom Aural, Cambodia
C. aurensisGrismer, 2005[16]Aur Island bent-toed geckoAur Island, Malaysia
C. auribalteatusSumontha, Panitvong & Deein, 2010[17]Golden-belted bent-toed geckoPhitsanulok, Thailand
C. australotitiwangsaensisGrismer, Wood, Quah, Anuar, Muin, Sumontha, Ahmad, Bauer, Wangkulangkul, Grismer & Pauwels, 2012[13]Southern Titiwangsa bent-toed geckoPeninsular Malaysia
C. awalriyantoi Ahda, Nugraha, Hon Tjong, Kurniawan, Amardi, Fauzi & Lin, 2023[18] Awal Riyanto's Bent-toed Gecko Sumatra, Indonesia
C. ayeyarwadyensisBauer, 2003[7]Rakhine State, Myanmar
C. badenensisNguyen, Orlov & Darevsky, 2006[19]Southern Vietnam
C. baluensisMocquard, 1890[20]Balu bow-fingered geckoMount Kinabalu, Borneo
C. bansocensisLuu, Nguyen, Le, Bonkowski & Ziegler, 2016[21]Ban Soc bent-toed geckoLaos
C. bapmeKamei & Mahony, 2021 Garo Hills bent-toed geckoIndia
C. batikIskandar, Rachmansah & Umilaela, 2011[22]Batik bent-toed geckoIndonesia
C. battalensisKhan, 1993Reticulate plump-bodied geckoPakistan
C. batucolusL.L. Grismer, Onn, J.L. Grismer, Wood & Belabut, 2008[23]Besar Island bent-toed geckoPulau Besar of the Water Islands Archipelago off the west coast of Melaka, Peninsular Malaysia
C. bayinnyiensisGrismer, Wood Jr., Thura, Quah, Murdoch, Grismer, Herr, Lin & Kyaw, 2018Bayin Nyi Cave bent-toed geckoMyanmar
C. bengkhuaiaiPurkayastha, Lalremsanga, Bohra, Biakzuala, Decemson, Muansanga, Vabeiryureilai & Rathee, 2021 India
C. bhupathyiAgarwal, Mahony, Giri, Chaitanya & Bauer, 2018[24]Northeast India
C. bichnganaeTri & Grismer, 2010Bich Ngan's bent-toed geckoVietnam
C. bidoupimontisNazarov, Poyarkov, Orlov, Phung, Nguyen, Hoang & Ziegler, 2012[25]Vietnam
C. bintangrendahGrismer, Wood, Quah, Anuar, Muin, Sumontha, Ahmad, Bauer, Wangkulangkul, Grismer & Pauwels, 2012[13]Bintang lowland bent-toed geckoPeninsular Malaysia
C. bintangtinggiGrismer, Wood, Quah, Anuar, Muin, Sumontha, Ahmad, Bauer, Wangkulangkul, Grismer & Pauwels, 2012[13]Peninsular Malaysia
C. biordinisBrown & Mccoy, 1980[26]Guadalcanal bow-fingered geckoMount Austen, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
C. bobroviNguyen et al., 2015[27]Bobrov's bent-toed geckoVietnam
C. bokorensisMurdoch, Grismer, Wood, Neang, Poyarkov, Ngo, Nazarov, Aowphol, Pauwels, Nguyen & Grismer, 2019[15]Bokor Plateau, Cambodia
C. boreoclivusOliver, Krey, Mumpuni & Richards, 2011[28]Papua New Guinea
C. brevidactylusBauer, 2002[29]Myanmar
C. brevipalmatus(M.A. Smith, 1923)[30]Kampuchea bow-fingered gecko, short-hand forest geckoKhao Luang, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Peninsular Thailand
C. buchardiDavid, Teynie & Ohler, 2004[31]Laos
C. bugiamapensisNazarov, Poyarkov, Orlov, Phung, Nguyen, Hoang & Ziegler, 2012[25]Vietnam
C. calameiLuu, Bonkowki, Nguyen, Le, Schneider, Ngo & Ziegler, 2016Calame's bent-toed geckocentral Laos
C. camortensisChandramouli, 2020Kamorta, Nicobar Islands
C. caovansungi Orlov & Quang Truong, 2007[32]Vietnam
C. capreoloidesRösler, Richards & Günther, 2007Papua New Guinea
C. cardamomensisMurdoch, Grismer, Wood, Neang, Poyarkov, Ngo, Nazarov, Aowphol, Pauwels, Nguyen & Grismer, 2019[15]Cardamom Mountains bent-toed geckoCardamom Mountains, Cambodia
C. cattienensisGeissler, Nazarov, Orlov, Böhme, Phung, Nguyen & Ziegler, 2009[33]Cattien bent-toed geckoVietnam
C. cavernicolusInger & King, 1962Sarawak bow-fingered gecko, Niah Cave geckoSarawak
C. cayuensis Li, 2007Cayu bent-toed geckoChina (Cayu County, Xizang)
C. celatusKathriner et al., 2014[34]Indonesia
C. chambaAgarwaL, Khandekar & Bauer, 2018Chamba bent-toed geckoHimachal Pradesh, India
C. chanhomeaeBauer, Sumontha & Pauwels, 2003[35]Thailand
C. chaunghanakwaensisGrismer, Wood Jr., Thura, Quah, Murdoch, Grismer, Herr, Lin & Kyaw, 2018Chaunghanakwa Hill bent-toed geckoMyanmar
C. chauquangensisQuang, Orlov, et al. 2007[36]Vietnam
C. chengodumalaensisAgarwal, Umesh, Das & Bauer, 2023Chengodumala geckoella, coastal Kerala geckoellaIndia
C. chrysopylosBauer, 2003[7]Panluang-Pyadakin Wildlife Sanctuary, Shan State, Myanmar
C. chungi Ostrowski, Le, Ngo, Pham, Phung, Nguyen & Ziegler, 2021[37] Chung's bent-toed gecko Binh Thuan province, Vietnam
C. collegalensis(Beddome, 1870)forest spotted gecko, Kollegal ground geckoIndia
C. condorensis(M.A. Smith, 1921)Pulo Condore bow-fingered gecko, Con Dao bow-fingered geckoPulo Condore Island, Vietnam
C. consobrinoidesAnnandale, 1905southern Myanmar
C. consobrinusW. Peters, 1871Peters's bow-fingered gecko, thin-banded forest geckoMalaysian peninsula, Borneo
C. cracensBatuwita & Bahir, 2005Sri Lanka
C. crustulusOliver, Hartman, Turner, Wilde, Austin & Richards, 2020Manus bent-toed geckoPapua New Guinea (Manus Island)
C. cryptusHeidrich, Rösler, Thanh, Böhme & Ziegler, 2007[38]Vietnam
C. cucdongensisSchneider & Phung TM, 2014[39]Cucdong bent-toed geckoVietnam
C. cucphuongensis Ngo & Onn, 2011[40]Vietnam
C. culaochamensisTri, Grismer, Thai & Wood, 2020Cù Lao Chàm bent–toed geckoVietnam
C. dammathetensisGrismer, Wood, Thura, Zin, Quah, Murdoch, Grismer, Lin, Kyaw & Lwin, 2017[41]Dammathet cave bent-toed geckoMyanmar
C. darevskiiNazarov, Poyarkov, Orlov, Nguyen, Milto, Martynov, Konstantinov & Chulisov, 2014 Darevski's bent-toed geckoLaos
C. darmandvillei(Weber, 1890) Darmandville bow-fingered geckoFlores, Komodo, Pulau Kalao, Sumbawa, Sikka, Lombok in Indonesia
C. datiTri, 2013[42]Dat bent-toed geckoVietnam
C. dattanensis(Khan, 1980)plump banded gecko, Khan's bow-fingered geckoPakistan
C. dattkyaikensisGrismer, Wood, Quah, Grismer, Thura, Oaks & Lin, 2020Datt Kyaik Hill bent-toed geckoMyanmar
C. dayangbuntingensisQuah, Grismer, Wood Jr. & Sah, 2019peninsular Malaysia
C. deccanensis(Günther, 1864)Günther's Indian geckoNorthern Western Ghats of India
C. derongoBrown & Parker, 1973Derongo bow-fingered geckoPapua, New Guinea
C. deveti(Brongersma, 1948)Moluccan bow-fingered geckoMoluccas, Indonesia
C. dianxiensisLiu & Rao, 2021 Western Yunnan bent-toed geckoChina
C. doisuthepKunya et al. 2014[43]Doi Suthep bent-toed geckoThailand
C. dumnuiiBauer, Kunya, Sumontha, Niyomwan, Pauwels, Chanhome & Kunya, 2010[44]Dumnui's bent-toed geckoThailand
C. durioGrismer, Anuar, Quah, Muin, Onn, Grismer & Ahmad, 2010[45]Durian bent-toed geckoMalaysia
C. edwardtayloriBatuwita & Bahir, 2005Sri Lanka
C. eisenmanaeNgo, 2008[46]Eisenman's bent-toed geckoVietnam
C. elokDring, 1979Malaysia bow-fingered geckosouthern Thailand, Western Malaysia
C. epiroticusKraus, 2008Papua New Guinea
C. equestrisOliver, Richards, Mumpuni & Rosler, 2016 Papua New Guinea
C. erythropsBauer, Kunya, Sumontha, Niyomwan, Panitvong, Pauwels, Chanhome & Kunya, 2009[47]Red-eyed bent-toed geckoThailand
C. evanquahiWood, Grismer, Muin, Anuar & Oaks, 2020Evan Quah's banded bent-toed geckopeninsular Malaysia
C. exercitusPurkayastha, Lalremsanga, Litho, Rathee, Bohra, Mathipi, Biakizuala & Muansanga, 2022northeast India
C. fasciolatus(Blyth, 1861)[48]banded bent-toed geckoNorthwest India
C. feae(Boulenger, 1893)Myanmar, Thailand
C. fluvicavusGrismer, Aowphol, Yodthong, Ampai, Termprayoon, Aksornneam & Rujirawan, 2022Thailand
C. fraenatus(Günther, 1864)Sri Lanka bow-fingered geckoSri Lanka
C. fumosus(F. Müller, 1895)[49]Sulawesi, Indonesia
C. gansiBauer, 2003[7]Mindat District, Chin State, Myanmar
C. gialaiensisLuu, Dung, Nguyen, Le & Ziegler, 2017 Vietnam
C. gonjongNugraha, Ahda, Tjong, Kurniawan, Riyanto, Fauzi & Lin, 2023Gonjong bent-toed geckoSumatra, Indonesia
C. gordongekkoiDas, 1994 [50]Lombok, Indonesia
C. grismeriNgo, 2008Grismer's bent-toed geckoVietnam
C. guakanthanensisGrismer, Belabut, Quah, Onn & Wood, 2014[51]Gua Kanthan bent-toed geckoMalaysia
C. gubaotWelton, Siler, Linkem, Diesmos & Brown, 2010[52]the Philippines
C. gubernatoris(Annandale, 1913)Sikkimese bent-toed geckoDarjeeling, India
C. gulinqingensisLiu, Li, Hou, Orlov & Ananjeva, 2021 Gulinqing bent-toed geckoChina
C. gunungsenyumensisGrismer et al., 2016[53]Gunung Senyum bent-toed geckoMalaysia
C. guwahatiensisAgarwal, Mahony, Giri, Chaitanya & Bauer, 2018India
C. halmahericusMertens, 1929 [54]Indonesia
C. hamidyiRiyanto, Fauzi, Sidik, Mumpuni, Irham, Kurniawan, Ota, Okamoto, Hikida & Grismer, 2021 Hamidy's bent-toed geckoIndonesia
C. hantuDavis, Das, Leaché, Karin, Brennan, Jackman, Nashriq, Chan & Bauer, 2021[55]Malaysia (Sarawak)
C. hekouensisZhang, Liu, Bernstein, Wang & Yuan, 2021 Hekou bent-toed geckoChina
C. hidupselamanyaGrismer, Wood, Anuar, Grismer, Quah, Murdoch, Muin, Davis, Auilar, Klabacka, Cobos, Aowphol & Sites, 2016 Chiku bent-toed geckopeninsular Malaysia
C. hikidaiRiyanto A, 2012[56]Bunguran island, Indonesia
C. himalayanusDuda & Sani, 1977Himalaya bow-fingered geckoJammu, India
C. himalayicus(Annandale, 1906)Himalaya bent-toed geckoIndia (West Bengal, Darjeeling)
C. hinnamnoensisLuu, Bonkowski, Nguyen, Le, Schneider, Ngo & Ziegler, 2016Hinnamno bent-toed geckoLaos
C. hitchiRiyanto, Kurniati & Engilis, 2016southeastern Sulawesi, Indonesia
C. hontreensisTri, Grismer & Grismer, 2008[57]Hon Tre bent-toed geckoVietnam
C. hoskiniShea, Couper, Wilmer & Amey, 2011[58]Queensland, Australia
C. houaphanensisSchneider, Luu, Sitthivong, Teynié, Le, Nguyen & Ziegler, 2020Houaphan bent–toed geckoLaos
C. huongsonensisLuu, Do & Ziegler, 2011[59]Vietnam
C. hutanDavis, Nashriq, Woytek, Wikramanayake, Bauer, Karin, Brennan, Iskandar & Das, 2023Malaysia
C. hutchinsoniOliver, Karkkainen & Richards, 2022Western Papua New Guinea
C. huynhiNgo & Bauer, 2008[60]Huynh's bent-toed geckoVietnam
C. ingeriHikida, 1990Sabah bow-fingered geckoSabah, Borneo
C. interdigitalis(Ulber, 1992)skin-toe forest geckoThailand, Laos
C. intermediusUlber, 1993intermediate bow-fingered geckoCambodia, Vietnam, and Thailand
C. inthanonKunya et al., 2015[61]Doi Inthanon bent-toed geckoThailand
C. irianjayaensisRösler, 2001Papua, New Guinea
C. irregularis(M.A. Smith, 1921)irregular bow-fingered geckoVietnam
C. irulaorumAgarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar, 2023[62]Irula geckoellaIndia
C. jaegeriLuu, Calame, Bonkowski, T. Nguyen & Ziegler, 2014[63]Laos
C. jaintiaensisAgarwal, Mahony, Giri, Chaitanya & Bauer, 2018India
C. jambanganWelton, Siler, Diesmos & Brown, 2010[64]the Philippines
C. jarakensisL.L. Grismer, Onn, J.L. Grismer, Wood & Belabut, 2008[23]Jarak Island bent-toed geckoPulau Jarak off the west coast of Perak, Peninsular Malaysia
C. jarujini(Ulber, 1992)Jarujin's forest geckoLaos and northern Thailand
C. jatnaiAmarasinghe, Riyanto, Mumpuni & Grismer, 2020Jatna's bent–toed geckowest Bali, Indonesia
C. jayadityai Bohra, Deb, Thongni,  Bhattacharjee, Biakzuala, Lalremsanga, Swargiary & Roy, 2026[65] North Tripura, northeast India.
C. jelawangensisGrismer, Wood, Anuar, Quah et al., 2014[66]Jelawang bent-toed geckoThai-Malay Peninsula
C. jellesmaeBoulenger, 1897Kabaena bow-fingered geckoMasarang in Indonesia
C. jeyporensis(Beddome, 1877)Jeypore rock geckoEastern Ghats, India
C. kamengensisMirza, Bhosale, Thackeray, Phansalkar, Sawant, Gowande & Patel, 2022[67]Kameng River bent-toed geckoIndia
C. kapitensisDavis, Nashriq, Woytek, Wikramanayake, Bauer, Karin, Brennan, Iskandar & Das, 2023Malaysia
C. karsticolusPurkayastha, Lalremsanga, Bohra, Biakzuala, Decemson, Muansanga, Vabeiryureilai & Rathee, 2021 India
C. kazirangaensisAgarwal, Mahony, Giri, Chaitanya & Bauer, 2018India
C. khammouanensisNazarov, Poyarkov, Orlov, Nguyen, Milto, Martynov, Konstantinov & Chulisov, 2014Khammouane bent-toed geckoLaos
C. khasiensis(Jerdon, 1870)Khasi Hills bent-toed geckoIndia and northern Burma
C. khelangensisPauwels, Sumontha, Panitvong & Varaguttanonda, 2014[68]Lampang bent-toed geckoThailand
C. kimberleyensisAaron & Doughty, 2012[69]Kimberley bent-toed gecko, East Montalivet Island geckoAustralia
C. kingsadaiZiegler, Phung, Le & Nguyen, 2013[70]Vietnam
C. klugeiKraus, 2008Papua New Guinea
C. kochangensisGrismer, Aowphol, Yodthong, Ampai, Termprayoon, Aksornneam & Rujirawan, 2022Ko Chang bent-toed geckoThailand
C. kohrongensisGrismer, Onn, Oaks, Neang, Sokun, Murdoch, Stuart & Grismer, 2020Koh Rong Island bent–toed geckoCambodia
C. kulenensisGrismer, Geissler, Neang, Hartmann, Wagner & Poyarkov, 2021[71]Cambodia
C. kunyaiPauwels, Sumontha, Keeratikiat & Phanamphon, 2014[72]Kunya's bent-toed geckoThailand
C. laangensisMurdoch, Grismer, Wood, Neang, Poyarkov, Ngo, Nazarov, Aowphol, Pauwels, Nguyen & Grismer, 2019[15]Phnom Laang bent-toed geckoPhnom Laang, Cambodia
C. laevigatusDarevsky, 1964Komodo Island
C. langkawiensisGrismer, Wood, et al., 2012[13]Langkawi Island bent-toed geckoLangkawi, Malaysia
C. lateralisWerner, 1896Sumatra bow-fingered geckoSumatra, Indonesia
C. lawderanus(Stoliczka, 1871)Lawder's bent-toed geckoNorthwestern India
C. leegrismeriChan & Norhayati, 2010[73]Tenggol Island bent-toed geckoMalaysia
C. lekaguliGrismer et al., 2012[13]Southern Thailand
C. lenggongensisGrismer, Wood, Anuar, Grismer, Quah, Murdoch, Muin, Davis, Auilar, Klabacka, Cobos, Aowphol & Sites, 2016Lenggong bent-toed geckopeninsular Malaysia
C. lenyaMulcahy, Thura & Zug, 2017Lenya banded bent-toed geckoMyanmar
C. limajalurDavis, Bauer, Jackman, Nashriq & Das, 2019five-banded bent-toed geckoEast Malaysia
C. linnoensisGrismer, Wood, Thura, Zin, Quah, Murdoch, Grismer, Lin, Kyaw & Lwin, 2017[41]Linno Cave bent-toed geckoMyanmar
C. linnwayensisGrismer, Wood, Thura, Zin, Quah, Murdoch, Grismer, Lin, Kyaw & Lwin, 2017[41]Linn-Way bent-toed geckoMyanmar
C. lomyenensisNgo & Pauwels, 2010[74]Lomyen bent-toed geckoLaos
C. loriae(Boulenger, 1897)Boulenger's bow-fingered geckoPapua New Guinea
C. louisiadensis(DeVis, 1892)ring-tailed geckoLouisiade Archipelago, Papua New Guinea
C. lungleiensisLalremsanga, Chinliansiama, Chandra Bohra, Biakzuala, Vabeiryureilai, Muansanga, Malsawmdawngliana, Hmar, DeCemson, Siammawii, Das & Purkayastha, 2022India
C. macrotuberculatusGrismer & Ahmad, 2008[75]tuberculate bent-toed gecko, large tubercled bent-toed geckoMalaysia
C. maelanoiGrismer, Rujirawan, Termprayoon, Ampai, Yodthong, Wood, Oaks & Aowphol, 2020Mae La Noi bent-toed geckoMae Hong Son Province, Thailand
C. majulahGrismer, Wood & Lim 2012Singapore; Sumatra, Indonesia
C. malayanusDe Rooij, 1915Borneo bow-fingered geckoBorneo
C. mamanwaWelton, Siler, Linkem, Diesmos & Brown, 2010[52][76]The Philippines
C. mandalayensisMahony, 2009[77]Myanmar
C. manosOliver, Karkkainen, Rösler & Richards, 2019yellow-snouted bent-toed geckoPapua New Guinea
C. markuscombaiiDarevsky, Helfenberger, Orlov & Shah, 1998[78]striped geckoNepal
C. marmoratusGray, 1831marbled bow-fingered geckoThailand, Malay Peninsula, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea.
C. martiniTri, 2011[79]Martin's bent-toed geckoVietnam
C. martinstolliDarevsky, Helfenberger, Orlov & Shah, 1998[78]barred geckoNepal
C. maryantoiRiyanto, Jusivani, Mulyadi, Hamidy & Nikmah, 2025Maryanto’s bent-toed geckoSimeulue, Indonesia
C. matsuiiHikida, 1990Hikida's bow-fingered gecko,
Matsui's bent-toed gecko
Sabah, Borneo
C. mcdonaldiShea, Couper, Wilwer & Amey 2011[80]Australia
C. medioclivusOliver, Richards & Sistrom, 2012[81]Papua New Guinea
C. meersiL. Grismer, Wood, Quah, Murdoch, M. Grismer, Herr, Espinoza, Brown & Lin, 2018Bago Yoma bent-toed geckoMyanmar (Yangon)
C. menglianensisLiu & Rao, 2022China
C. metropolisGrismer, Wood, Onn, Anuar & Muin, 2014[82]Malaysia
C. mimikanus(Boulenger, 1914)false bow-fingered gecko, Mimika bow-fingered gecko,
Mimika bent-toed gecko
Papua New Guinea
C. minorOliver & Richards, 2012[83]Papua New Guinea
C. miriensisDavis, Das, Leaché, Karin, Brennan, Jackman, Nashriq, Chan & Bauer, 2021[84]Malaysia (Sarawak)
C. mombergiGrismer, Wood, Quah, Thura, Herr & Lin, 2019Indawgyi bent-toed geckoMyanmar
C. monilatusYodthong, Rujirawan, Stuart, Grismer, Aksornneam, Termprayoon, Ampai & Aowphol, 2022Thailand
C. montanusAgarwal, Mahony, Giri, Chaitanya & Bauer, 2018India
C. muangfuangensisSitthivong, Luu, Ha, Nguyen, Le & Ziegler, 2019Muangfuang bent-toed geckoLaos
C. multiporusNazarov, Poyarkov, Orlov, Nguyen, Milto, Martynov, Konstantinov & Chulisov, 2014Multipored bent-toed geckoLaos
C. muluensisDavis, Bauer, Jackman, Nashriq & Das, 2019Mulu bent-toed geckoEast Malaysia
C. muruaKraus & Allison, 2006[85]Papua New Guinea
C. myaleiktaungGrismer, Wood, Thura, Win, Grismer, Trueblood & Quah, 2018Mya Leik Taung bent-toed geckoMyanmar
C. myintkyawthuraiL. Grismer, Wood, Quah, Murdoch, M. Grismer, Herr, Espinoza, Brown & Lin, 2018Mt. Popa bent-toed geckoMyanmar (Mandalay region, Bago Yoma Range, Bago Region)
C. nagalandensisAgarwal, Mahony, Giri, Chaitanya & Bauer, 2018India
C. namtiramMahony & Kamei, 2021India
C. naungkayaingensisGrismer, Wood, Thura, Quah, Murdoch, Grismer, Herr, Lin & Kyaw, 2018Myanmar
C. nebulicola Sumidh Ray, Bharath Bhupathi, SuvrajyotiChatterjee, Ritesh Das, Pratyush P. Mohapatra, 2026[86] eastern Himalayas, West Bengal, India
C. nebulosus(Beddome, 1870)Clouded Indian geckoIndia
C. nepalensisSchleich & Kästle, 1998[87]Nepalese rock geckoNepal
C. ngatiLe, Sitthivong, Tran, Grismer, Nguyen, Le, Ziegler & Luu, 2021[88]Vietnam
C. ngoiensisSchneider, Luu, Sittivong, Teynie, Le, Nguyen & Ziegler, 2020Ngoi bent–toed geckoLaos
C. ngopensisBohra, Zonunsanga, Das, Purkayastha, Biakzuala & Lalremsanga, 2022India
C. nicobaricusChandramouli, 2020Nicobar Islands
C. nigriocularisNguyễn, Orlov & Darevsky, 2007southern Vietnam
C. novaeguineae(Schlegel, 1844)New Guinea bow-fingered geckoNew Guinea
C. nuauluOliver, Edgar, Mumpuni, Iskandar & Lilley, 2009[89]Indonesia
C. nyinyikyawiGrismer, Wood, Thura, Win & Quah, 2019Shwe Settaw bent-toed geckoMyanmar
C. oldhami(Theobald, 1876)Oldham's bow-fingered geckoMyanmar and Thailand
C. orloviDo, Phung, Ngo, Le, Ziegler, Pham & Nguyen, 2021 Vietnam
C. otaiNguyen et al., 2015[27]Ota's bent-toed geckoVietnam
C. pageliSchneider et al., 2011[90]Laos
C. panitvongi Pauwels, Chotjuckdikul, Donbundit, Sumontha & Meesook, 2024 Lopburi bent-toed gecko Thailand
C. pantiensisL.L. Grismer, Onn, J.L. Grismer, Wood & Belabut, 2008[23]Panti Mountain bent-toed geckoGunung Panti Forest Reserve, Johor, Peninsular Malaysia
C. papedaRiyanto, Faz, Amarasinghe, Munir, Fitriana, Hamidy, Kusrini & Oliver, 2022Obi Island, Indonesia
C. papilionoidesUlber & Grossmann, 1991butterfly forest geckoThailand
C. papuensis(Brongersma, 1934)Papua bow-fingered geckoPapua New Guinea
C. paradoxusDarevsky & Szczerbak, 1997Kieng Giang, Phu Quoc, and Hon Thom Islands in Vietnam
C. payacolaJohnson, Quah, Anuar, Muin, Wood, Grismer, Greer, Onn, Ahmad, Bauer & Grismer, 2012[91]Malaysia
C. payarhtanensisMulcahy, Thura & Zug, 2017Tenasserim Mountain bent-toed geckosouthern Myanmar
C. peguensis(Boulenger, 1893)Thai bow-fingered gecko, Pegu forest geckoThailand, western Malaysia, and Myanmar
C. petaniRiyanto, Grismer & Wood, 2015[92]Farmer's bent-toed geckoIndonesia
C. pharbaungensisGrismer, Wood, Thura, Zin, Quah, Murdoch, Grismer, Lin, Kyaw & Lwin, 2017[41]Pharbaung Cave bent-toed geckoMyanmar
C. phetchaburiensisPawels, Sumontha & Bauer, 2016Thailand
C. philippinicusSteindachner, 1867Philippine bow-fingered geckonorthern Philippines
C. phnomchiensisNyang, Henson & Stuart, 2020[93]Prey Lang bent-toed gecko[94]Prey Lang, Cambodia
C. phongnhakebangensisZiegler, Rösler, Herrmann & Vũ, 2002Phong Nha-Ke Bang bow-fingered geckoVietnam
C. phukhaensisChomdej, Pradit, Pawangkhanant, Naiduangchan & Suwannapoom, 2022Thailand
C. phumyensisOstrowski, Do, Le, Ngo, Pham, Nguyen, Nguyen & Ziegler, 2020Phu My bent-toed geckoVietnam
C. phuocbinhensisS. Nguyen, Le, Tran, Orlov, Lathrop, MacCulloch, Le, Jin, L. Nguyen, T. Nguyen, Hoang, Che, Murphy & Zang, 2013[95]Vietnam
C. phuquocensisTri, Grismer & Grismer, 2010[96][97]Phu Quoc bent–toed geckoVietnam
C. pinlaungensisGrismer, Wood, Quah, Thura, Oaks & Lin, 2019Pinlaung bent-toed geckoMyanmar
C. pronarusShea, Couper, Wilmer & Amey, 2011[58]Australia
C. psaropsHarvey et al., 2015[98]Speckle-faced bent-toed geckoSumatra, Indonesia
C. pseudoquadrivirgatusRösler, Nguyễn, Vũ, Ngô & Ziegler, 2008central Vietnam
C. pubisulcus Inger, 1958Inger's bow-fingered geckoBorneo
C. puhuensisNguyen, Yang, Thi Le, Nguyen, Orlov, Hoang, Nguyen, Jin, Rao, Hoang, Che, Murphy & Zhang, 2014[99]Pù Hu bent-toed geckoVietnam
C. pulchellusGray, 1827Malayan forest geckoPenang, Malaysia
C. punctatusGray, 1867Sri Lanka
C. pyadalinensisGrismer, Wood, Thura, Win & Quah, 2019Myanmar
C. pyinyaungensisGrismer, Wood, Thura, Zin, Quah, Murdoch, Grismer, Lin, Kyaw & Lwin, 2017[41]Pyinyaung bent-toed geckoMyanmar
C. quadrivirgatusTaylor, 1962Taylor's bow-fingered gecko, four-striped forest gecko,
marbled bent-toed gecko
Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia
C. raglaiNguyen, Duong, Grismer & Poyarkov, 2021[100]Ragla bent-toed geckoVietnam
C. raimonaensis Basfore, Bharali, Barman, Deka, Islam, Deb, Bohra, Bhattacharjee, Das, Hazarika, Naorem & Purkayastha, 2026[101] Kokrajhar District, Assam, India
C. ranongensisSumontha, Pauwels, Panitvong, Kunya & Grismer, 2015[102]Ranong bent-toed geckoThailand
C. redimiculusKing, 1962Palawan bow-fingered geckoPalawan, Philippines
C. relictusAgarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar, 2023[62]Relict geckoIndia
C. rexOliver, Richards, Mumpuni & Rösler, 2016Papua New Guinea
C. rishivalleyensisAgarwal, 2016Rishi Valley geckoellaIndia
C. rivularisGrismer, Aowphol, Yodthong, Ampai, Termprayoon, Aksornneam & Rujirawan, 2022Pa La-U bent-toed geckoThailand
C. robustusKraus, 2008Papua New Guinea
C. roesleriZiegler, Nazarov, Orlov, Nguyen, Vu, Dang, Dinh & Schmitz, 2010[103]Roesler's bent-toed geckoVietnam & Laos
C. rosichonarieforumRiyanto, Grismer & Wood, 2015[104]Rosichonariefi's bent-toed geckoIndonesia
C. rubidus(Blyth, 1861)red bow-fingered geckoAndaman Islands; Myanmar
C. ruffordLuu et al., 2016[105]Rufford bent-toed geckoLaos
C. rukhadevaGrismer, Suwannapoom, Pawangkhanant, Nazarov, Yushchenko, Naiduangchan, Le, Luu & Poyarkov, 2021western Thailand
C. russelliBauer, 2003[7]Htamanthi Wildlife Sanctuary, Sagaing Division and Indawgyi Wildlife Sanctuary, Rakhine State, Myanmar
C. sadanensisGrismer, Wood, Thura, Zin, Quah, Murdoch, Grismer, Lin, Kyaw & Lwin, 2017[41]Sadan Cave bent-toed geckoMyanmar
C. sadansinensisGrismer, Wood, Thura, Zin, Quah, Murdoch, Grismer, Lin, Kyaw & Lwin, 2017[41]Sadan Sin Cave bent-toed geckoMyanmar
C. sadleiriWells & Wellington, 1984Sadleir's bow-fingered geckoChristmas Island
C. saiyokPanitvong, Sumontha, Tunprasert & Pauwels, 2014[106]Sai Yok bent-toed geckoThailand
C. salomonensisRösler, Richards & Günther, 2007[107]Solomon Islands
C. samroiyotPauwels & Sumontha, 2014[108]Sam Roi Yot bent-toed geckoThailand
C. sangiPauwels, Nazarov, Bobrov & Poyarkov, 2018southern Vietnam
C. sanookPauwels, Sumontha, Latinne & Grismer, 2013[109]Sanook bent-toed geckoThailand
C. sanpelensisGrismer, Wood, Thura, Zin, Quah, Murdoch, Grismer, Lin, Kyaw & Lwin, 2017[41]Sanpel Cave bent-toed geckoMyanmar
C. santanaChan, Grismer, Santana, Pinto, Loke, Conaboy, 2023[110]East Timor (Nino Konis Santana National Park)
C. semenanjungensisGrismer & Leong, 2005Peninsular bent-toed geckowestern Malaysia
C. semiadiiRiyanto, Bauer & Yudha, 2014[111]Indonesia
C. semicinctusHarvey et al., 2015[98]Kerinci bent-toed geckoSumatra, Indonesia
C. septentrionalisAgarwal, Mahony, Giri, Chaitanya & Bauer, 2018India
C. septimontiumMurdoch, Grismer, Wood, Neang, Poyarkov, Ngo, Nazarov, Aowphol, Pauwels, Nguyen & Grismer, 2019[15]Bảy Núi bent-toed geckoBảy Núi Hills, Vietnam
C. seribuatensisYoumans & Grismer, 2006Seribuat bent-toed geckowestern Malaysia
C. sermowaiensis(de Rooij, 1915)DeRooij's bow-fingered geckoNew Guinea
C. serratusKraus, 2007[112]Papua New Guinea
C. sharkariGrismer et al., 2014[66]Sharkari's bent-toed geckoThai-Malay Peninsula
C. shwetaungorumGrismer, Wood, Thura, Zin, Quah, Murdoch, Grismer, Lin, Kyaw & Lwin, 2017[41]Shwetaung bent-toed geckoMyanmar
C. siahaensisPurkayastha, Lalremsanga, Litho, Rathee, Bohra, Mathipi, Biakzuala & Muansanga, 2022northeast India
C. sinyineensisGrismer, Wood, Thura, Zin, Quah, Murdoch, Grismer, Lin, Kyaw & Lwin, 2017[41]Sin Yine Cave bent-toed geckoMyanmar
C. slowinskiiBauer, 2002Myanmar
C. sobaBatuwita & Bahir, 2005Dumbara bent-toed gecko, Knuckles bent-toed geckoSri Lanka
C. sommerladiLuu, Bonkowski, Nguyen, Le, Schneider, Ngo & Ziegler, 2016Sommerlad's bent-toed geckocentral Laos
C. soniLe, Nguyen, Le & Ziegler, 2016Son's bent-toed geckoVietnam
C. sonlaensisNguyen, Pham, Ziegler, Ngo & Le, 2017northwestern Vietnam
C. soudthichakiLuu, Calame, Nguyen, Bonkowski & Ziegler, 2015[113]Soudthichak's bent-toed geckoLaos
C. speciosus(Beddome, 1870)forest spotted geckoIndia
C. spelaeusNazarov, Poyarkov, Orlov, Nguyen, Milto, Martynov, Konstantinov & Chulisov, 2014Laos
C. spinosusLinkem, McGuire, Hayden, Setiadi, Bickford & Brown, 2008Sulawesi, Indonesia
C. srilekhaeAgarwal, 2016Bangalore geckoellaIndia
C. stellatusTermprayoon, Rujirawan, Ampai, Wood Jr. & Aowphol, 2021Tarutao Island, Thailand
C. stresemanni Rösler & Glaw, 2008Stresemann's bent-toed geckoMalaysia
C. sumonthaiBauer, 2002Sumontha's geckoThailand
C. sumuroiWelton, Siler, Linkem, Diesmos & Brown, 2010[52]the Philippines
C. surinChan-ard & Makchai (2011)[114]Thailand
C. sworderi(M.A. Smith, 1925)Johore bow-fingered gecko, Kota-tinggi forest gecko,
Sworder's bent-toed gecko
Malaysia
C. tahunaRiyanto, Arida & Koch, 2018[115]Sangir Island, Indonesia
C. takouensisVan Tri * Gamble, 2010[116]Takou bent-toed geckoVietnam
C. tamaiensis(M.A. Smith, 1940)[117]Tamai bent-toed geckoMyanmar
C. tamboraRiyanto, Mulyadi, McGuire, Kusrini, Febylasmia, Basyir & Kaiser, 2017Tambora bent-toed geckoSumbawa, Indonesia
C. tanahjampeaRiyanto, Hamidy & McGuire, 2018Tanahjampea bent-toed geckoTanahjampea Island, Indonesia
C. tanimNielsen & Oliver, 2017Papua New Guinea
C. taungwineensisGrismer, Wood, Quah, Grismer, Thura, Oaks & Lin, 2020Taung Wine Hill bent-toed geckoMyanmar
C. tautbatorumWelton, Siler, Diesmos & Brown, 2009[118]the Philippines
C. taybacensisPham, Le, Ngo, Ziegler & Nguyen, 2019Taybac bent-toed geckoVietnam
C. taynguyenensisS. Nguyen, Le, Tran, Orlov, Lathrop, Macculloch, Le, Jin, L. Nguyen, T. Nguyen, Hoang, Che, Murphy & Zhang 2013[119]Vietnam
C. tebuensisGrismer, Anuar, Muin, Quah & Wood, 2013[120]Tebu Mountain bent-toed geckoMalaysia
C. teynieiDavid, Nguyen, Schneider & Ziegler, 2011[121]Laos
C. thathomensisNazarov, Pauwels, Konstantinov, Chulisov, Orlov & Poyarkov, 2018Thathom bent-toed geckoLaos
C. thirakhuptiPauwels, Bauer, Sumontha & Chanhome, 2004[122]Thirakhupt's bent-toed geckoThailand
C. thochuensisNgo & Grismer, 2012[123]Thochu bent–toed geckoTho Chu Island, Vietnam
C. thongphaphumensisGrismer, Rujirawan, Chomdej, Suwannapoom, Yodthong, Aksornneam & Aowphol, 2023Thailand
C. thuongaePhung, Schingen, Ziegler & T. Nguyen, 2014[124]Vietnam
C. thylacodactylusMurdoch, Grismer, Wood, Neang, Poyarkov, Ngo, Nazarov, Aowphol, Pauwels, Nguyen & Grismer, 2019[15]Phnom Dalai, Cambodia
C. tibetanusBoulenger, 1905Tibet
C. tigroidesBauer, Sumontha & Pauwels, 2003[35]Tiger bent-toed geckoThailand
C. timurMuin, Mohamed, Onn, Sumarli, Loredo & Heinz, 2014[66]Banjaran Timur bent-toed geckoThai-Malay Peninsula
C. tiomanensisDas & Lim, 2000[125]Tioman Island bent-toed geckoMalaysia
C. triedrus(Günther, 1864)spotted bent-toed gecko, Sri Lanka gecko,
spotted bow-fingered gecko, spotted ground gecko
Sri Lanka
C. trilatofasciatusGrismer & Wood, 2012[126]Cameron Highlands bent-toed geckoMalaysia
C. tripartitusKraus, 2008Papua New Guinea
C. tripuraensisAgarwal, Mahony, Giri, Chaitanya & Bauer, 2018India
C. tuberculatusLucas & Frost, 1900Queensland, Australia
C. urbanus Purkayastha, Das, Bohra, Bauer & Agarwal, 2020urban bent-toed geckoIndia (Assam)
C. uthaiensisGrismer, Aowphol, Yodthong, Ampai, Termprayoon, Aksornneam & Rujirawan, 2022Uthai Thani bent-toed geckoThailand
C. varadgiriiAgarwal et al., 2016[127]Giri's GeckoellaMumbai, India
C. variegatusBlyth, 1859variegated bow-fingered gecko, Moulmein forest geckoMyanmar and Thailand
C. veddaAmarasinghe, Karunarathna, Campbell, Gayan, Ranasinghe, De Silva & Mirza, 2022Sri Lanka
C. vilaphongiSchneider, Nguyen, Le, Nophaseud, Bonkowski & Ziegler, 2014Laos
C. wakeorumBauer, 2003[7]Southern Rakhine State, Myanmar
C. wallaceiHayden, Brown, Gillespie, Setiadi, Linkem, Iskandar, Umilaela, Bickford, Riyanto, Mumpuni & McGuire, 2008Sulawesi, Indonesia
C. wangkulangkulaeSumontha et al., 2014[128]Wangkulangkul's bent-toed geckoThailand
C. wayakonei Nguyen, Kingsada, Rösler, Auer & Ziegler, 2010[129]Northern Laos & Yunnan, China [130]
C. welpyanensisGrismer, Wood, Thura, Zin, Quah, Murdoch, Grismer, Lin, Kyaw & Lwin, 2017[41]Wel Pyan Cave bent-toed geckoMyanmar
C. wetariensisDunn, 1927Wetar bow-fingered geckoWetar, Indonesia
C. yakhuna(Deraniyagala, 1945)northern Sri Lanka gecko, spotted bow-fingered gecko,
blotch bow-fingered gecko, demon gecko
Sri Lanka
C. yangbayensisTri & Onn, 2010[131]Yangbay bent-toed geckoVietnam
C. yathepyanensisGrismer, Wood, Thura, Zin, Quah, Murdoch, Grismer, Lin, Kyaw & Lwin, 2017[41]Yathe Pyan Cave bent-toed geckoMyanmar
C. yoshiiHikida, 1990Yoshi's bow-fingered geckoSabah, Borneo
C. ywanganensisGrismer, Wood, Thura, Quah, Murdoch, M. Grismer, Herr, Espinoza & Lin, 2018Myanmar (Shan)
C. zebraicus(Taylor, 1962)Thailand
C. zhaoermiiShi & Zhao 2010 [132]Tibet, China
C. zhenkangensisLiu & Rao, 2021[133]China
C. ziegleriNazarov, Orlov, Nguyen & Ho, 2008[134]Vietnam
C. zugiOliver, Tjaturadi, Mumpuni, Krey & Richards, 2008[135]Melanesia
C. wangkhramensisTermprayoon, Rujirawan, Grismer, Wood & Aowphol, 2023[136]Southern Thailand
C. sungaiupeTermprayoon, Rujirawan, Grismer, Wood & Aowphol, 2023[136]Southern Thailand
C. kiphireBoruah, Narayanan, Deepak & Das, 2024 [137]India
C. barailensisBoruah, Narayanan, Deepak & Das, 2024 [137]India
C. ngengpuiensisBoruah, Narayanan, Lalronunga, Deepak & Das, 2024 [137]India
C. manipurensisBoruah, Narayanan, Deepak & Das, 2024 [137]India
C. namdaphaensisBoruah, Narayanan, Deepak & Das, 2024 [137]India
C. siangensisBoruah, Narayanan, Aravind, Deepak & Das, 2024 [137]India
C. khlonghatensisAmpai, Rujirawan, Yodthong, Termprayoon, Stuart & Aowphol, 2024 [138]Thailand
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