The Sanpel Cave bent-toed gecko (Cyrtodactylus sanpelensis) is a species of gecko that is endemic to Asia.[1] The specific epithet, sanpelensis, is a noun in apposition in reference to the type locality of Sanpel Cave.[2] This species of gecko is widely distributed across southeast Asia, including Myanmar and Thailand.[3]
| Sanpel Cave bent-toed gecko | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Cyrtodactylus |
| Species: | C. sanpelensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Cyrtodactylus sanpelensis Grismer, Wood Jr., Thura, Zin, Quah, Murdoch, Grismer, Lin, Kyaw, & Lwin, 2017
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References
edit- ^ Cyrtodactylus sanpelensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2018.
- ^ "Cyrtodactylus sanpelensis".
- ^ Chomdej, Siriwadee; Pradit, Waranee; Suwannapoom, Chatmongkon; Pawangkhanant, Parinya; Nganvongpanit, Korakot; Poyarkov, Nikolay A.; Che, Jing; Gao, Yangchun; Gong, Shiping (27 January 2021). "Phylogenetic analyses of distantly related clades of bent-toed geckos (genus Cyrtodactylus) reveal an unprecedented amount of cryptic diversity in northern and western Thailand". Scientific Reports. 11 (1): 2328. Bibcode:2021NatSR..11.2328C. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-70640-8. PMC 7840752. PMID 33504821.