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Beddome's day gecko

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Beddome's day gecko
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Reptilia
Order:
Squamata
Suborder:
Sauria
Family:
Gekkonidae
Genus:
Cnemaspis
Species:
C. beddomei
Binomial name
Cnemaspis beddomei
(Beddome, 1870)

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.

Distribution

Type locality: Tinnevelly and Travancore Hills (3000 - 5000 ft.) 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.


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