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Balu Bow-fingered Gecko
Cyrtodactylus baluensis (Mocquard, 1890)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Mount Kinabalu NP, Sabah, MALAYSIA
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Open encyclopedia reference
The Balu bow-fingered gecko or Besar Island bent-toed gecko (Cyrtodactylus baluensis) is a species of gecko endemic to Borneo. It is known from Brunei, Sarawak and Sabah (Malaysia), and East Kalimantan (Indonesia).
Wikipedia contributors, Balu bow-fingered gecko; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T10:26:15.072614+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Cyrtodactylus baluensis (Mocquard, 1890)
- Name authority
- (Mocquard, 1890)
- Common name
- Balu Bow-fingered Gecko
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Gekkonidae
- Genus
- Cyrtodactylus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderGekkota
- familyGekkonidae
- genusCyrtodactylus
- speciesCyrtodactylus baluensis (Mocquard, 1890)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Cyrtodactylus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Cyrtodactylus adorus Shea, Couper, Wilmer & Amey, 2011 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyrtodactylus aequalis Bauer, 2003 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Boulenger’s Indian GeckoCyrtodactylus albofasciatus (Boulenger, 1885) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyrtodactylus annandalei Bauer, 2003 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyrtodactylus arcanus Oliver, Richards & Sistrom, 2012 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Starry Bent-toed GeckoCyrtodactylus astrum Grismer, Wood, Quah, Anuar, Muin, Sumontha, Ahmad, Bauer, Wangkulangkul, Grismer & Pauwels, 2012 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aur Island Bent-toed GeckoCyrtodactylus aurensis Grismer, 2005 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Southern Titiwangsa Bent-toed GeckoCyrtodactylus australotitiwangsaensis Grismer, Wood, Quah, Anuar, Muin, Sumontha, Ahmad, Bauer, Wangkulangkul, Grismer & Pauwels, 2012 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyrtodactylus ayeyarwadyensis Bauer, 2003 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyrtodactylus badenensis Sang, Orlov & Darevsky, 2006 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyrtodactylus cracens Batuwita & Bahir, 2005 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Durian Bent-toed GeckoCyrtodactylus durio Grismer, Anuar, Quah, Muin, Onn, Grismer & Ahmad, 2010 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Gymnodactylus baluensis Mocquard, 1890 Mocquard, 1890 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Cyrtodactylus&species=baluensis Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:33LTY. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.