Boulenger's bow-fingered gecko

Boulenger's bow-fingered gecko (Cyrtodactylus loriae) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Papua New Guinea.

Etymology

The specific name, loriae, is in honor of Italian ethnologist Lamberto Loria.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. loriae is forest, at altitudes of .

Reproduction

C. loriae is oviparous.

References

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1897). "An account of the Reptiles and Batrachians collected by Dr. L. Loria in British New Guinea". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie Seconda 18 (38): 694–710 + Plates VI–VIII. (Gymnodactylus loriae, new species, pp. 695–696 + Plate VI, figures a–d).
• de Rooij N (1915). The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. I. Lacertilia, Chelonia, Emydosauria. Leiden: E.J. Brill. xiv + 384 pp. (Gymnodactylus loriae, p. 16).
• (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Cyrtodactylus loriae, p. 66). (in German).