Coastal day gecko
| Coastal day gecko | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Cnemaspis |
| Species: | C. littoralis |
| Binomial name | |
| Cnemaspis littoralis (Jerdon, 1854) | |
The coastal day gecko, Cnemaspis littoralis, is a species of gecko found in the Western Ghats of India.
Distribution
This gecko occurs in Malabar, Nilambur, and Nellakota, on the west side of the Nilgiris; it isfound on trees in dry teak forests. Jerdon's type specimen was obtained in a warehouse on the seacoast.[1]
Notes
- ↑ Boulenger, G. A. 1890. Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia.
References
- Beddome,R.H. 1871 Descriptions of new reptiles from the Madras Presidency. Madras Monthly J. Med. Sci., 4: 401-404 [Reprint: J. Soc. Bibliogr. Nat. Sci., London, 1 (10): 324-326, 1940.
- Jerdon,T.C. 1853 Catalogue of the Reptiles inhabiting the Peninsula of India. Part 1. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal xxii [1853]: 462-479
- Vivek Philip Cyriac & P.K. Umesh 2013 Current status of Cnemaspis littoralis (Jerdon, 1853) (Sauris: Gekkonidae) with Designatio of a Neotype. Taprobanica 5 (1): 36-43.