Ponmudi day gecko
| Ponmudi day gecko | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Infraorder: | Gekkota |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Cnemaspis |
| Species: | C. nairi |
| Binomial name | |
| Cnemaspis nairi Inger, Marx & Koshy, 1984 | |
The Ponmudi day gecko, Cnemaspis nairi, is a species of gecko found in India (Kerala). It was first described from Ponmudi.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, nairi, is in honor of Indian naturalist S. Madhavan Nair.[2]
References
- ↑ Cnemaspis nairi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 3 July 2015.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cnemaspis nairi, p. 187).
Further reading
- Inger RF, Marx H, Koshy M (1984). "An undescribed species of gekkonid lizard (Cnemaspis) from India with comments on the status of C. tropidogaster ". Herpetologica 40 (2): 149-154. (Cnemaspis nairi, new species).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28-153.
External links
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