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'''Beddome's day gecko''' ''Cnemaspis beddomei'' is a species of [[gecko]] found in the [[Western Ghats]]. Named after [[Richard Henry Beddome]], 1830-1911, British army officer and botanist.
'''Beddome's day gecko''', ''Cnemaspis beddomei'', is a species of [[gecko]] found in the [[Western Ghats]]. It is named after [[Richard Henry Beddome]], 1830-1911, a British army officer and botanist.


==Distribution==
==Distribution==
Type locality: Tinnevelly and Travancore Hills (3000 - 5000 ft.)
Type locality: Tinnevelly and Travancore Hills (3000 - 5000 ft ASL) ''Terra typica restricta'' (M. A. Smith 1935): Travancore
Terra typica restricta (M. A. Smith 1935): Travancore


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 17:52, 2 September 2013

Beddome's day gecko
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C. beddomei
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Cnemaspis beddomei
(Beddome, 1870)

Beddome's day gecko, Cnemaspis beddomei, is a species of gecko found in the Western Ghats. It is named after Richard Henry Beddome, 1830-1911, a British army officer and botanist.

Distribution

Type locality: Tinnevelly and Travancore Hills (3000 - 5000 ft ASL) Terra typica restricta (M. A. Smith 1935): Travancore

References

  • Beddome,R.H. 1870 Descriptions of some new lizards from the Madras Presidency. Madras Monthly J. Med. Sci. 1: 30-35
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1885 Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp.
  • Theobald,W. 1876 Descriptive catalogue of the reptiles of British India. Thacker, Spink & Co., Calcutta: xiii + 238 pp.