Cnemaspis heteropholis

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Cnemaspis heteropholis

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cnemaspis
Species:
C. heteropholis
Binomial name
Cnemaspis heteropholis
Bauer, 2002

Cnemaspis heteropholis, also known as the Gund day gecko or different-scaled day gecko, is a species of geckos found in India (Gund, Uttara Kannada).

The male of the species has been recently described from

Shivamoga district in Karnataka
(Bauer, 2002; Biswas, 2008; Ganesh et al., 2011; Srinivasulu & Srinivasulu, 2013).

References

  • Bauer, A.M. 2002 Two new species of Cnemaspis (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Gund, Uttara Kannada, India. Mitt. Hamburg. Zool. Mus. Inst. 99: 155–167.
  • Biswas, S. 2008. A possible occurrence of regional integumentary loss in Cnemaspis heteropholis from southern India. Gekko 5(2): 28–30.
  • Ganesh, S.R., R. Sreekar, S.P. Pal, G. Ramchandra, C. Srinivasulu & B. Srinivasulu (2011). Discovery and first description of male Cnemaspis heteropholis Bauer, 2002 (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Agumbe, central Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 3(8): 2023–2027.
  • Srinivasulu, C. & Srinivasulu, B. 2013. Cnemaspis heteropholis. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 12 March 2014.