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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Gekkota
Infraordo: Gekkomorpha
Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Subfamilia: Gekkoninae
Genus: Cyrtodactylus
Species: Cyrtodactylus agusanensis
Name

Cyrtodactylus agusanensis (Taylor, 1915)

Holotype: BSMP 1686. [destroyed during WWII]

Neotype: KU 320014, adult ♂. [designated by Welton et al. (2010: 65)]

Type locality: “Bunauan, Agusan Province, Mindanao”, redesigned by neotype designation to “Agusan del Sur Province, Municipality of San Francisco, Barangay Bagusan II, Mt. Magdiwata (350 m), Mindanao Island, Philippines”, by Welton et al. (2010: 65).
Combinations

Gymnodactylus agusanensis Taylor, 1915: 90 [original combination]
Cyrtodactylus agusanensis — Underwood, 1954: 475 [subsequent combination]

References
Primary references

Taylor, E.H. 1915. New species of Philippine lizards. Philippine Journal of Science 10(2): 89–109. BHL Reference page.
Underwood, G.L. 1954. On the classification and evolution of geckos. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 124: 469–492.
Welton, L.J., Siler, C.D., Linkem, C.W., Diesmos, A.C. & Brown, R.M. 2010. Philippine Bent-Toed Geckos of the Cyrtodactylus agusanensis Complex: Multilocus Phylogeny, Morphological Diversity, and Descriptions of Three New Species. Herpetological Monographs 24(1): 55–85. DOI: 10.1655/HERPMONOGRAPHS-D-10-00005.1 Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Cyrtodactylus agusanensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 30 March 2018.
Diesmos, A., Gaulke, M. & Brown, R. 2009. IUCN: Cyrtodactylus agusanensis (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T169773A6672135. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169773A6672135.en

Vernacular names
English: Mindanao Bow-fingered Gecko

Cyrtodactylus agusanensis is a species of gecko endemic to the southern Philippines. It is sometimes considered conspecific with Cyrtodactylus mamanwa.
References

Diesmos, A.; Gaulke, M.; Brown, R. (2009). "Cyrtodactylus agusanensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T169773A6672135. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169773A6672135.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

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