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Beddome's day gecko
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Cnemaspis
Species:	C. beddomei
Binomial name
	Cnemaspis beddomei; (Theobald, 1876)
Synonyms
	Gymnodactylus marmoratus ; Beddome, 1870 ; (preoccupied); Gymnodactylus beddomei ; Theobald, 1876 ; (nomen novum); Gonatodes marmoratus ; — Boulenger, 1885; Cnemaspis beddomei ; — M.A. Smith, 1935;

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Beddome's day gecko (Cnemaspis beddomei ) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to India.

Etymology

C. beddomei is named after Richard Henry Beddome, 1830-1911, a British army officer and botanist.^[3]

Distribution

C. beddomei is found in the Western Ghats, India.

Type locality: "South Tinnevelly and Travankor hills 3-5000 feet" (914-1,524 meters).

Ecology

C. beddomei is diurnal and is found under rocks; it feeds mainly on insects.

Conservation status

The exact threats to C. beddomei are unknown but may be human disturbance. However, it exists in protected areas Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve and Meghamalai.

References

^ Template:IUCN2013.1
^ "Cnemaspis beddomei ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cnemaspis beddomei, p. 21).

External links

Cnemaspis beddomei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

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[IUCN-1] Template:IUCN2013.1

[2] "Cnemaspis beddomei ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

[3] Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cnemaspis beddomei, p. 21).

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 ''C. beddomei'' is found in the [[Western Ghats]], [[India]].
 Type locality: "South Tinnevelly and Travankor hills 3-5000 feet" (914-1,524 meters).
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 ==Ecology==
 ''C. beddomei'' is [[Diurnality|diurnal]] and is found under rocks; it feeds mainly on insects.
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 ==References==
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 ==Further reading==
-*[[Richard Henry Beddome|Beddome RH]] (1870). "Descriptions of some new lizards from the Madras Presidency". ''Madras Monthly J. Med. Sci.'' '''1''': 30-35. (''Gymnodactylus marmoratus'', new species, p. 31).
+*[[Richard Henry Beddome|Beddome RH]] (1870). "Descriptions of some new lizards from the Madras Presidency". ''Madras Monthly J. Med. Sci.'' '''1''': 30-35. (''Gymnodactylus marmoratus'', new species, p.&nbsp;31).
-*[[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger GA]] (1885). ''Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ, Eublepharidæ, Uroplatidæ, Pygopodidæ, Agamidæ''. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (''Gonatodes marmoratus'', p. 67 + Plate VI, figure 4).
+*[[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger GA]] (1885). ''Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ, Eublepharidæ, Uroplatidæ, Pygopodidæ, Agamidæ''. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (''Gonatodes marmoratus'', p.&nbsp;67 + Plate VI, figure 4).
-*Boulenger GA (1890). ''The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia.'' London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (''Gonatodes marmoratus'', p. 76).
+*Boulenger GA (1890). ''The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia.'' London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (''Gonatodes marmoratus'', p.&nbsp;76).
-*[[Malcolm Arthur Smith|Smith MA]] (1935). ''The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II.—Sauria.'' London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + 2 maps. (''Cnemaspis beddomei'', p. 71).
+*[[Malcolm Arthur Smith|Smith MA]] (1935). ''The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II.—Sauria.'' London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + 2 maps. (''Cnemaspis beddomei'', p.&nbsp;71).
-*[[William Theobald|Theobald W]] (1876). ''Descriptive Catalogue of the Reptiles of British India''. Calcutta: Thacker, Spink and Co. x + 238 pp. + Synopsis, i-xxxviii pp. + Appendix i-xiii pp. (''Gymnodactylus beddomei'', new species, pp. 88-89).
+*[[William Theobald|Theobald W]] (1876). ''Descriptive Catalogue of the Reptiles of British India''. Calcutta: Thacker, Spink and Co. x + 238 pp. + Synopsis, i-xxxviii pp. + Appendix i-xiii pp. (''Gymnodactylus beddomei'', new species, pp.&nbsp;88–89).
 ==External links==
 *{{NRDB species|genus=Cnemaspis |species=beddomei }}
+{{Taxonbar}}
 [[Category:Cnemaspis]]