title: Cyrtodactylus wakeorum
text: # Cyrtodactylus wakeorum
  
  Cyrtodactylus wakeorum is a species of bent-toed gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Myanmar.
  
  ## Etymology
  
  The specific name, wakeorum (genitive plural), is in honor of American herpetologists David Burton Wake and Marvalee Hendricks Wake, husband and wife.
  
  ## Taxonomy
  
  C. wakeorum was discovered in 2001 in Myanmar's Rakhine Yoma Elephant Range and described in 2003.
  
  ## Habitat
  
  The preferred natural habitat of C. wakeorum is forest.
  
  ## Description
  
  Small for its genus, C. wakeorum may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 6.4 cm (2.5 in).
  
  ## Reproduction
  
  C. wakeorum is oviparous.
  
  