Sumontha's gecko

Sumontha's gecko
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Cyrtodactylus
Species:	C. sumonthai
Binomial name
	Cyrtodactylus sumonthai; Bauer, Pauwels & Chanhome, 2002

Sumontha's gecko (Cyrtodactylus sumonthai) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Thailand.

Etymology

The specific name, sumonthai, is in honor of Thai biologist Montri Sumontha.^[2]

C. sumonthai is found in Rayong Province in eastern Thailand.^[3]

The preferred natural habitats of C. sumonthai are limestone caves and limestone outcrops.^[1]

C. sumonthai is oviparous.^[3]

^ ^a ^b Sumontha, M.; Cota, M.; Duengkae, P. (2018). "Cyrtodactylus sumonthai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T178561A113830122. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T178561A113830122.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cyrtodactylus sumonthai, p. 258).
^ ^a ^b Cyrtodactylus sumonthai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2018.

Bauer AM, Pauwels OSG, Chanhome L (2002). "A New Species of Cave-dwelling Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Thailand". Natural History Journal of Chulalongkorn University 2 (2): 19–29. (Cyrtodactylus sumonthai, new species).
Chan-ard T, Parr JWK, Nabhitabhata J (2015). A Field Guide to the Reptiles of Thailand. New York: Oxford University Press. 352 pp. ISBN 978-0-19-973649-2 (hardcover), ISBN 978-0-19-973650-8 (paperback).Error: "Q3009381" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.

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