Cyrtodactylus consobrinus consobrinus

(Peters, 1871)

Vernacular names
English : Peters’ forest gecko
French : Gecko des forêts de Peters

Classification
Class : Reptilia
Order : Squamata
Family : Gekkonidae
Notes : 1 other subspecies known.

Identification
Adults can reach a body length of 13 cm and a tail length of 15 cm. Long and slender tail, blackish with white bands. Large green eyes with vertical pupil. Coloration is blackish to grey-brown with clear speckling and thin white bands.

Range and habitat
This species occurs in South-East Asia, in south Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore. Other subspecies found on Borneo. Lives in primary rainforest and mature secondary forest.

Conservation
IUCN RED LIST : LEAST CONCERN
CITES : Not listed
Status : The species is occasionally collected for the trade and can be locally declining because of habitat loss but it remains abundant in protected areas.
Ex-Situ Programs : None known

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