Cnemaspis mcguirei

Cnemaspis mcguirei , also known commonly as McGuire's rock gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to western Malaysia.[1]

Cnemaspis mcguirei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cnemaspis
Species:
C. mcguirei
Binomial name
Cnemaspis mcguirei
L. Grismer, J. Grismer, Wood & Chan, 2008

Etymology

The specific name, mcguirei, is in honor of American herpetologist Jimmy A. McGuire.[2]

Reproduction

C. mcguirei is oviparous.[1]

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References

  1. Species Cnemaspis mcguirei at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
  2. 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 mcguirei, p. 173).

Further reading

  • Grismer, L. Lee; Grismer, Jesse L.; Wood, Perry L., Jr; Chan Kin Onn (2008). "The distribution, taxonomy, and redescription of the geckos Cnemaspis affinis (Stoliczka 1887) and C. flavolineata (Nicholls 1949) with descriptions of a new montane species and two new lowland, karst-dwelling species from Peninsular Malaysia". Zootaxa 1931: 1-24. (Cnemaspis macguirei, new species).


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