Indian day gecko

The Indian day gecko or Nilgiri dwarf gecko (Cnemaspis indica) is a species of gecko found in India (Nilgiri Hills/Travancore).

Indian day gecko
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cnemaspis
Species:
C. indica
Binomial name
Cnemaspis indica
(Gray, 1846)

References

  1. Srinivasulu, C. & Srinivasulu, B. 2013. Cnemaspis indica. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T172680A1365866. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T172680A1365866.en. Downloaded on 04 January 2018.
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1885 Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp.
  • Gray, J. E. 1846 Descriptions of some new species of Indian Lizards. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (1)18: 429-430
  • Bhupathy S, Nixon, A.M.A.2002 Communal egg laying by Cnemaspis indica in Mukuruthi National Park, Western Ghats, India. J Bombay Nat Hist Soc,99(2), 332.


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