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{{Short description|Species of lizard}}
{{Speciesbox
| status = DD
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 18 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Khan, M.S. |author-link=species:Muhammad Sharif Khan |date=2010 |title=''Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi '' |volume=2010 |article-number=e.T178497A7558883 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178497A7558883.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}</ref>
| taxon = Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi
| authority = ([[species:John Davidson Constable|Constable]], 1949)
| range_map = Cyrtodactylus malcolmsmithi distribution.png
| synonyms = *''Gymnodactylus malcolmsmithi'' <br />{{small|Constable, 1949}}
*''Cyrtodactylus malcolmsmithi'' <br />{{small|— [[species:Garth Leon Underwood|Underwood]], 1954}}
*''Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi'' <br />{{small|— [[species:Ishan Agarwal|Agarwal]], [[species:Varad B. Giri|Giri]] & [[Aaron Matthew Bauer|Bauer]], 2018}}
| synonyms_ref = <ref name=RDB/>
}}

'''Smith's bent-toed gecko''' ('''''Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi''')'', also known [[Common name|commonly]] as '''Malcolm's bow-fingered gecko''', is a [[species]] of lizard in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Gekkonidae]]. The species is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[India]].

==Taxonomy==
''Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi'' was originally described in the [[genus]] ''[[Gymnodactylus]]''. It is sometimes placed in the genus ''[[Cyrtodactylus]]''.

==Etymology==
The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]], ''malcolmsmithi'', is in honor of British [[Herpetology|herpetologist]] [[Malcolm Arthur Smith]].<ref>[[Bo Beolens|Beolens, Bo]]: [[Michael Watkins (zoologist)|Watkins, Michael]]; [[Michael Grayson|Grayson, Michael]] (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (''Cyrtodactylus malcolmsmithi'', p. 247).</ref>

==Geographic range==
''Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi'' is found in northern India, in the Indian state of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]].<ref name=RDB>{{EMBL species|genus=Hemidactylus|species=malcolmsmithi}} www.reptile-database.org.</ref>

The [[Type locality (biology)|type locality]] is "[[Beas River]] basin, Punjab, India".<ref>[[species:John Davidson Constable|Constable]] (1949).</ref>

==Habitat==
The preferred natural [[habitat]]s of ''Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi'' are [[shrubland]] and [[forest]].<ref name="iucn status 18 November 2021" />

==Description==
A small species for its genus, ''Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi'' has a maximum recorded snout-to-vent length (SVL) of {{convert|5.4|cm|in|abbr=on}}. It has a series of 10–14 [[femoral pore]]s on the ventral surface of each thigh, the two series being separated by two poreless scales.<ref name=RDB/>

==Reproduction==
''Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi'' is [[Oviparity|oviparous]].<ref name=RDB/>

==References==
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==Further reading==
*[[species:Ishan Agarwal|Agarwal I]], [[species:Varad B. Giri|Giri VB]], [[:fr:Aaron Matthew Bauer|Bauer AM]] (2018). "On the Status of ''Cyrtodactylus malcolmsmithi'' (Constable, 1949)" ''Breviora'' (557): 1–11. (''Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi'', new combination).
*[[species:John Davidson Constable|Constable, John D.]] (1949). "Reptiles from the Indian Peninsula in the Museum of Comparative Zoology". ''Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge (Massachusetts)'' '''103''' (2): 59–160. (''Gymnodactylus malcolmsmithi'', new species, pp. 80–82).
*[[species:Garth Leon Underwood|Underwood, Garth]] (1954). "On the classification and evolution of geckos". ''Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London'' '''124''' (3): 469–492. (''Cyrtodactylus malcolmsmithi'', new combination).

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[[Category:Hemidactylus]]
[[Category:Reptiles described in 1949]]
[[Category:Endemic reptiles of India]]
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