Cnemaspis kumarasinghei

Cnemaspis kumarasinghei, commonly known as Kumarasinghe's day gecko, is a species of diurnal gecko in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to the island of Sri Lanka.

Cnemaspis kumarasinghei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cnemaspis
Species:
C. kumarasinghei
Binomial name
Cnemaspis kumarasinghei
Wickramasinghe & Munindradasa, 2007

Etymology

The specific name, kumarasinghei, is in honor of Sri Lankan wildlife ranger Siril Kumarasinghe, who was killed in the line of duty in 2007.[1]

Reproduction

C. kumarasinghei is oviparous.[2]

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gollark: I just got trilateration of signals working. Tell me if there's a specific channel you want monitored or if you want a feed from it somehow.
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References
  1. 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 kumarasinghei, p. 148).
  2. "Cnemaspis kumarasinghei ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Cnemaspis&species=kumarasinghei

Further reading
  • Wickramasinghe LJM, Munindradasa DAI (2007). "Review of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Sauria: Gekkonidae) in Sri Lanka with the description of five new species". Zootaxa 1490: 1-63. (Cnemaspis kumarasinghei, new species, pp. 7-8).
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